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NOTE 



IN this edition of the Catechism, the attempt is made to combine 
some of the most desirable features of the editions that have 
preceded it. The plan is to give the standard text of Luther's 
Catechism, with such proof-texts as will illustrate each distinct 
thought. For this purpose the references given in the edition of 
1855, have been subjected to a careful revision, and compared with 
the proof-texts given in the " General Council " Catechism and the 
edition prepared by Drs. Mann and Krotel. The aim has been 
to refer only to those proof-passages that ought to be cited, without 
overburdening the learner. 

The edition of 1855 has never been superseded, on account of its 
valuable additions, and the features which made it so popular, with 
such changes as would enhance their value, are incorporated in the 
present work. The " Order of Salvation in 169 Questions and 
Answers" is given, with Scripture references printed in full. The 
" Examination of Catechumens " is also given, with such additions 
as will enable the Pastor to explain to his Catechumens the nature 
of Confirmation and of the vows then made to God. The part, 
entitled " The Doctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion, sys- 
tematically arranged" is offered as an outline for a three years' 
course of Catechetical Instruction, or for a course of Catechetical 
Sermons during week-day services. It endeavors to combine in 
one table the three analytical tables of the edition of 1855. 

Four Appendices have been added, in the first of which is 
presented a chronological summary of Biblical History, arranged 
in such a manner that the Holy Bible may be read as one con- 
nected history ; in the second a short account of the Church Year 
and Festivals is given, as published in the "General Council '* 
Catechism ; in the third we have the Chants and Canticles, as 
given in the Sunday School Book ; and in the fourth there is a 
selection of fifty-eight Hymns, common to the Church Book and 
the Sunday School Book, hymns that ought to be committed to 
memory by every child of God, and suitable to be sung in the 
Church, School and Family. 



CONTENTS 



i. luther's small catechism. pagb . 

The Ten Commandments 7 

The Creed , 12 

The Lord's Prayer 15 

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism 20 

Confession 22 

The Sacrament of the Altar 23 

Morning and Evening Prayer 25 

Table of Duties 28 

Christian Questions and Answers 32 

II. ADDITIONS. 

The Order of Salvation in 169 Questions and Answers 38 

The Doctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion Systemat- 
ically arranged 62 

The Examination of Catechumens 71 

III. APPENDICES. 

A Chronological Summary of Biblical History 89 

The Church Year 94 

Chants and Canticles *.. 99 

Hymns 106 

Opening Hymns 106 

Closing Hymns no 

Morning in 

Evening 112 

The Church Year 113-131 

Advent 113 

Christmas 116 

Epiphany and Missions 118 

The Passion 119 

Palm Sunday - 122 

Holy Week 123 

Easter 126 

Ascension 127 

Whitsunf'de 128 

Trinity 130 

The Reformation and the Church 13 1 

The Word of God 134 

Confirmation 135 

Prayer 136 

Faith and Life 137 

Following Christ 139 

Heaven 141 

Doxologiei 143 

Index of first lines...,* 144 



LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 



PART I. 



THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

In the plain form in which they are to be taught by the Head of a 

family. 

Exod. 20: 1-17. Deut. 5: 6-21. Matt. 22: 37-40. 
Mark 12 : 28-31. 

The First Commandment. 

I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

[Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 
image, or a7iy likeness of anything that is in 
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt 
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for 
I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the 
third and fowth generation of them that hate me; 
and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me, and keep my commandments^ 

1 Cor. 8 : 4-6. Matt. 4 : 10. Ps. 115 : 3-8. Isa. 44 : 6. 
1 John 5 : 21. 

What is meant by this Commandment 9 

Answer. We should fear, 1 love, 2 and trust 3 in 
God above all things. 4 

1 Eccl. 12 : 13. Josh. 24: 14. Matt. 10 : 28. 2 1 John 5 : 3. 
1 John 2 : 15-17. 3 Ps. 37 : 3-5. 4 Matt. 6 : 33. 

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Tlie Second Commandment. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- 
less that taketh his name in vain. 

Mai. 2 : 2. 
What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not to curse 1 , swear 2 , conjure 3 , lie 4 , or deceive 5 , 
by his name 6 , but call upon him in every time of 
need 7 , and worship him with prayer 8 , praise 9 , and 
thanksgiving 10 . 

1 Lev. 24 : 15, 16. Rom. 12 : 14. 2 Matt. 5 : 34-37. 3 Deut. 18 : 
10-12. 4 John 8: 44. Acts 5 13, 8. Gal. 1 : 8. 5 2 Tim. 3:5. 
6 Ps. 50:16. ^ Ps. 50:15. Matt. 7:7,8. 8 Eph. 6:18. Matt. 6: 
6. 1 Tim. 2:1. 9 Luke 1 : 68. Ps. 103 : 1-5. 10 Eph. 5 : 20. Ps. 
50 : 14. 

The Third Commandment. 

Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. 

[ Six days shalt thou labor ; and do all thy work: 
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 
God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor 
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor 
thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
that is within thy gates : for in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in 
them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the 
Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.~] 

Exod. 31: 14-17. Isa. 58: 13, 14. Neh. 13 : 17, 18. 1 Cor. 16:2. 
Mark 2: 27, 28. 

What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not to despise his word and the preaching of the 
gospel 1 but deem it holy 2 , and willingly hear 3 
and learn it 4 . 



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1 John 17: 17. Col. 3: 16. John 5 : 39. Deut. 31 : 12. Luke 
10:16. 2 Luke 4: 16. Heb. 10:25. 1 Thess. 2 : 13. s Rom. 10: 
17. John 8 : 47. Eccl. 5: 1. Prov. 2: 1-5. * Luke 11 : 28. James 
1; 21, 22. Acts 17: 11. 

The Fourth Commandment, 

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days 
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

Prov. 23 : 22. Eph. 6 : 1-3. 
What is ?neant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not to despise 1 nor displease 2 our parents and 
superiors 3 , but honor 4 , serve 5 , obey 6 , love 7 , and 
esteem them 8 . 

1 Prov. 30 : 17. Deut. 27 : 16. 2 Deut. 21 : 18-21. 3 1 Thess. 
5 : 12, 13. 1 Pet. 5 : 5. Tit. 2:9. * Luke 2 : 51. Lev. 19 : 32. 
5 1 Tim. 5:4. 6 Col. 3 : 2. Prov. 6 : 20. Heb. 13 : 17. 7 Gen. 
46 : 29. 8 Prov. 20 : 20. 

The Fifth Commandment* 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Matt. 5 : 21, 22. 1 John 3 : 15. 
What is meant by this Commandment f 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 

not to do our neighbor 1 any bodily harm or 

injury 2 , but rather assist 3 and comfort 4 him in 
danger and want 5 . 

1 Luke 10 : 29, 36, 37. Matt. 5 : 43-45. 2 Gen. 9:6. 3 1 Pet. 3 : 9. 
Heb. 13 : 6. * Eph. 4 : 32. 5 1 John 3 : 16-18. Luke 6 : 36. 

The Sixth Commandment. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Matt. 5 : 27-32. Matt. 19 : 4-6. 
WJiat is meant by this Commandme?it f 

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to be chaste and pure 1 in our words 2 and deeds 3 , 
each one also loving and honoring 4 his wife or 
her husband 5 . 

1 Phil. 4 : 8. Matt. 5 : 8. Gal. 5 : 19-21. 1 Cor. 6 : 19, 20. 2 Eph. 
4:29. Eph. 5:4. 3 Rom. 13 : 13, 14. Luke 21 : 34. Eph. 5 : 18. 
4 Col. 3 : 18, 19. Eph. 5 : 33. 5 Eph. 5 : 22-25. 

The Seventh Commandment, 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Eph. 4 : 28. 1 Tim. 6 : 6-10. Heb. 13 : 5. 
What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer, We should so fear and love God, as 
not to rob our neighbor of his money or pro- 
perty 1 , nor bring it into our possession by unfair 
dealing or fraudulent means 2 , but rather assist 
him to improve and protect it 3 . 

1 James 5 : 4. Micah 2 : 1,2. 2 Jej. 22 : 13, Deut. 25 : 13-16. 
3 Matt. 5 : 42. Lev. 25 : 35-37. Acts 20 : 35. Prov. 19 : 17. Phil. 
2 : 4. 

The Eighth Commandment. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Prov. 19 : 5. Zech. 8 : 16, 17. 
What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not deceitfully 1 to belie 2 , betray 3 , slander, nor 
raise injurious reports against our neighbor 4 , but 
apologize for him, speak well of him 5 , and put 
the most charitable construction on all his 
actions. 6 

1 Matt. 12:36. Prov. 24:28. 2 Eph. 4:25. 1 Pet. 2:1. 3 Prov. 
4 James 4: 11. 5 Col. 4:6. Prov. 31 : 8, 9. 6 i Pet. 4:8. 



11 : 13. 4 James 4 



THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. II 

The Ninth Commandment, 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor s house. 

i Tim. 6 : 9, 10. Rom. 7 : 7. 
What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not to desire by craftiness to gain possession of 
our neighbor's inheritance or home 1 , or to obtain 
it under the pretext of a legal right 2 ; but be 
ready to assist and serve him in the preservation 
of his own 3 . 

1 Jer. 5 : 26-28. 2 Isa. 10:1,2. 3 Exod. 23 : 4, 5. 

The Tenth Commandment. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife y nor his 
man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor 
his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor s. 

Matt. 15 : 19. Gal. 5 : 24. 
What is meant by this Commandment ? 

Answer. We should so fear and love God as 
not to alienate our neighbor's wife from him 1 , 
entice away his servants 2 , nor let loose his cattle 3 , 
but use our endeavors that they may remain and 
discharge their duty to him 4 . 

1 Matt. 14 : 3, 4. 2 Tit. 2 : 9. 3 Deut. 22 : 1. 4 1 Thess. 5 : 14, 15. 
What does God declare concerning all these Commandments ? 

Answer. He says : li I the Lord thy God am a 
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and fourth gen- 
eration of them that hate me ; and showing 
mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and 
keep my commandments. " Exod. 20: 5, 6. 

Nahum 1 ; 2. Mai. 3:16-18. Deut. 12:28. Ps. 103 : 17,18. 



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What is meant by this declaration ? 

Answer. God threatens to punish all those who 
transgress these commandments 1 ; we should, 
therefore, dread his displeasure, and not act con- 
trarily to these commandments 2 . But he promises 
grace and every blessing to all who keep them 3 ; 
we should, therefore, love and trust in him 4 , and 
cheerfully do what he has commanded us 5 . 

1 Rom. i : 18. Isa. 3 : 11. 2 Gal. 6 : 7. Rom. 2 : 6, 9. 3 Isa. 3 : 
10. Ps. 128:1,2. Rev. 22:14. ±1 Tim. 4:8. 1 John 5: 3. 5 Ps. 
119: 97. Ps. 143: 10. 



PART II. 
THE CREED; 

(OR, THE ARTICLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.) 

In the plain form in which it is taught by the Head of a 

family. 

Rom. 10 : 10. Matt. 10 : 32, 33. 
The First Article. 

Of Creation. 
Isa. 45 : 12. Rev. 4 : 11. 

/ believe 1 in God 1 the Father* Almighty* , Maker 5 
of heaven 1 * and earth 7 . 

1 Rom. 10:17. 2 Johni7:3. 3 Eph.4:6. * 1 Chron. 29 : 10-13. 
5 Gen. 1:1. 6 Ps. 33 : 6. 7 Heb. 11:3. Jer. 10 : 12. 

What is meant by this Article ? 

Anszver. I 1 believe 2 that God 3 hath created 4 
me 5 and all that exists 6 ; that he hath given 7 and 
still preserves to me 8 my 9 body 10 and soul 11 with 
all my limbs and senses 12 , my reason and all the 
faculties of my mind 13 , together with my rai- 
ment 14 , food 15 , home and family 16 , and all my pro- 
perty 17 ; that he daily 18 provides me abundantly 19 



THE CREED. 1 3 

with all the necessaries of life 20 , protects me from 
all danger 21 , and preserves me and guards me 
against all evil 22 ; all which he does out of pure, 
paternal 23 , and divine 24 goodness 25 and mercy 26 , 
without 27 any merit 28 or worthiness 29 in me 30 , for 
all which I am in duty bound 31 to thank 32 , praise 33 , 
serve 34 , and obey him 35 . This is most certainly 
true 36 . 

1 2 Tim. 1:12. 2 Heb. 11 : 1. 3 1 Cor. 8 : 6. * Acts. 17:24. 
5 Gen. 1:27. 6 Col. 1 : 16, 17. Rev. 4:11. 7 Job 10:11,12. 8 Ps. 
116:12. 9 1 Thess. 5 : 23. 10 Gen. 2 : 7. n Eccl. 12:7. 12 Prov. 
20 : 12. 13 Matt. 10 : 31. u Matt. 6 : 28-30. 15 Matt. 6 : 25, 26. Ps. 
145:15,16. 16 Ps. 128 : 1-4. 17 Ps. 115 : 13, 14. 18 Matt. 6:11. 
19 1 Tim. 6: 17. 20 Ps. 23:1,2. 21 Isa. 43 : 2. 22 Ps. 23 : 4. 2Tim. 
4: 18. 23 Matt. 6 : 8. 24 Ps. 103 : 1-5. 25 Ps. 33 : 5. 26 Lamentations 
3 : 22, 23. 27 Luke 17 : 10. 28 Ps. 144 : 3. 29 Gen. 32 : 10. 30 John 
I 5 : 5« 81 Ps. 116: 12-14. 32 Ps. 136:1. 33 Rev. 4:11. 34 Josh. 
24:14. 35 Deut. 10: 12, 13. 36 Tit. 3:8. 

The Second Article, 

Of Redemption. 
Isa. 53: 4-1 1, Eph. 1 : 7. 

And in Jesus 1 Christ 2, his only Son*, our Lord*; 
who was cojtceived by the Holy Ghost 5 , born of 
the Virgin Mary & ; sitffered under Pontius Pilate 7 , 
was crucified*, dead 9 , and buried™ ; He descended 
into hell u ; the third day he rose again from the 
dead 12 ; He ascended into heaven 1 *, and sitteth on 
the right hand of God u the Father Almighty ; 
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and 
the dead} 5 

1 Matt. 1:21. *Johni:4i. s Johni:i8. 4 John 20: 28. 
5 Luke 1 : 35. 6 Matt. 1 : 23. 7 Matt. 27 : 26. 8 Luke 23 : 33. 
9 Luke 23 : 46. 10 John 19 : 38-42. "■ 1 Pet. 3 : 18-20. Eph. 4: 9, 
10. 12 iCor.i5:4. Matt. 28 : 6. 13 Acts 1 : 9-11. Heb. 9 : 24. 
14 Col. 3 : 1, 2. Heb. 8:1. 15 Acts 10 : 42. Matt, 25 : 31-46. 
2 Cor. 5 : 10. 



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What is meant by this Article ? 

Answer. I believe that Jesus Christ, true God 1 , 
begotten of the Father from eternity 2 , and also 
true man 3 , born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord 4 ; 
who hath redeemed 5 me 6 , a lost and condemned 
creature 7 , secured and delivered 8 me from all 
sins 9 , from death 10 , and from the power of the 
devil 11 , not with silver and gold 12 , but with his 
holy and precious blood 13 , and with his inno- 
cent 14 sufferings and death 15 ; in order that I 
might be his 16 , live under him in his kingdom 17 , 
and serve 18 him in everlasting righteousness 19 , 
innocence 20 , and blessedness 21 ; even as he is 
risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all 
eternity 22 . This is most certainly true 23 . 

1 John i : 1-3. 1 John 5 : 20. Col. 2 : 9. 2 John 3 : 16. Heb. 
13:8. 3 Johni:i4. Phil. 2:6-8. * Phil. 2: 9-1 1. 5 Acts2o:28. 
6 1 Cor. 1 : 30. 7 Luke 19 : 10. Eph. 2:3. 8 Gal. 3 : 13. 9 1 Cor. 
I 5 : 3- iJohni:7. 10 2 Tim. 1:10. John 5 : 24. n iJohn3:8. 
12 1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. 13 Rev. 5:9. 1* Heb. 7: 26. 1 Pet. 2: 22. 15 1 Pet. 
2:24. 16 Rom 14:7-9. 2 Cor. 5:15. 17 2 Tim. 2 : 11, 12. 18 Luke 
1 : 74» 75- 19 2 Tim. 2 : 22. 20 Tit. 2:11, 12. 21 Matt. 25 : 34. 22 Luke 
1 : 3 2 j 33* R- ev - 5 : I 3- 23 2 Tim. 2:11. 

The Third Article. 

Of Sanctif cation. 
John 14: 16, 17-26. 1 Cor. 6 : 11. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost 1 ; the 2 holy* Christian* 
Church 5 , the communion* of saints 1 ; the forgive- 
7iess of sins 8 ; the resurrection of the body 9 ; and 
the life everlasting™. Amen 11 . 

1 Acts 2 : 1-4. John 15 ; 26. 2 1 Cor. 12 : 12, 13. 3 Eph. 5 : 25-27. 
* 1 Cor. 3:11. 5 Eph. 1 : 22, 23. 6 1 John 1 : 3. 7 Eph. 2 : 19. 8 Eph. 
1:7. 9 John 5: 28, 29. 10 John6:4O. ll 2 Cor. 1 : 20. 

What is meant by this Article ? 

Answer. I believe that I cannot l by my own 



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reason 2 or strength 3 believe in Jesus Christ my 
Lord, or come to him 4 ; but the Holy Spirit 5 hath 
called me 6 through the gospel 7 , enlightened 8 me 
by his gifts 9 , and sanctified 10 and preserved 11 me 
in the true faith 12 ; in like manner as he calls 13 , 
gathers 14 , enlightens 15 , and sanctifies 16 the whole 17 
Christian church 18 on earth 19 , and preserves 20 it 
in union with Jesus Christ in the true faith 21 ; in 
which Christian church 22 he daily 23 forgives 24 
abundantly 25 all my sins 26 , and the sins of all be- 
lievers 27 , and will raise up me and all the dead at 
the last day 28 , and will grant everlasting life 29 to 
me and to all who believe in Christ 30 . This is 
most certainly true 31 . 

1 John3:5,6, 2 1 Cor. 2 : 14. 3 2 Cor. 3:5. i John 6 : 44. 5 Gal. 
4: 6. 6 2 Tim. 1 : 9. 7 Rom. 1 : 16. 8 Eph. 1 : 17, 18. 9 i Cor. 12:1. 
10 2 Thess. 2 : 13. n 1 Thess. 5 : 23, 24. 12 Eph. 4 : 14. 13 Eph. 5 : 14. 
14 Eph. 2 : 20-22. 15 2 Cor. 4:6. 16 Eph. 1 : 3, 4. 17 iCor. 12: 11. 
18 1 Tim. 3 : 15. 19 1 Pet. 5 : 10. 20 Phil. 1:6. 21 John 17 : 11, 20, 21. 
22 Heb. 12 : 22-24. 23 Ps. 86 : 3 . 24 1 John 1 : 8, 9. 25 Rom. 5 : 20. 
26 Col. 1 : 14. 27 Acts 10 : 43'. 28 Rom. 8 : 11. Phil. 3 : 20, 21. 
29 John 3: 16. 30j o hn 3 : 3 6. si Rom. 8 : 38, 39. 



PART III. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

In the plain form in which it is to be taught by the Head of a 

family. 

Matth. 6 : 9-13. Luke 11 : 2-4. Ps. 55 : 17. 
The Introduction. 

Our Father 2 who art in heaven 2 . 

1 James 1:17. Eph. 3 : 14. 2 Isa. 66:1. Jer. 23 : 23, 24. 
What is meant by this Introduction ? 

Answer. God would thereby affectionately 



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encourage us to believe 1 that he is truly our 
Father 2 , and that we are his children 3 indeed, so 
that we may call upon him 4 with all cheerfulness 
and confidence 5 , even as beloved children entreat 
their affectionate parent 6 . 

1 Mark n : 24. John 16 : 23. 2 Eph. 4 : 6. Isa. 64: 8. s 1 John 
3:1,2. *Ps. 145*: 18, 19. 5 1 John 5 : 14, 15. 6 Matt. 7 : 7-11. 

The First Petition. 

Hallowed be thy name. 

Lev. 22 : 32. Ps. 72 : 19. 

What is meant by this Petition f 

Answer. The name of God is indeed holy in 
itself 1 ; but we pray in this petition that it may 
be hallowed 2 also by us 3 . 

1 Isa. 6 : 3. Ps. in : 9. 2 1 Pet. 1 : 15, 16. 3 1 Pet. 3 : 15, 16. 

How is this effected ? 

Answer, When the word of God is taught in its 
truth and purity 1 , and we, as the children of God, 
lead holy lives, in accordance with it 2 ; to this may 
our blessed Father in heaven help us 3 . But who- 
ever teaches 4 and lives 5 otherwise than as God's 
word prescribes 6 , profanes the name of God 
among us 7 ; from this preserve us, Heavenly 
Father 8 . 

1 Tit. 1 : 9-13. 2 Matt. 5 : 16. 1 Pet. 2:12. 3 Phil. 2 : 13. * 1 Tim- 
6:3-5. 2 Tim. 4:3. 5 Phil. 3 : 18, 19. 6 Ps. 19:7-11. 7 2 Tim. 3: 
2-5. 8 2Thess. 3 : 3. 

The Second Petition. 

Thy kingdom come. 

Rom. 14: 17. John 18 : 36. 
What is mea?it by this Petition f 

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of itself, without our prayer 1 ; but we pray in this 
petition that it may come unto us also. 2 

1 Dan. 4 : 34, 35. 2 1 Cor. 6 : 9, 10. 
When is this effected ? 

Answer. When our heavenly Father gives us 
his Holy Spirit 1 so that by his grace 2 we believe 
his holy word 3 , and live a godly life 4 here on 
earth 5 , and in heaven forever 6 . 

1 Luke 11 : 13. 2 Gal. 5 : 22. 3 John 6 : 29. *2 Pet. 3 : 11-13. 
5 Rom. 6 : 12, 13. 6 John 12 : 26. 

The Third Petition. 

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. 

John 6 : 39, 40. 1 Tim. 2 : 4. 
What is meant by this Petition ? 

Answer. The good and gracious will of God 
is done indeed without our prayer 1 ; but we pray 
in this petition that it may be done by us also 2 . 

1 Eph. 1 : 11. Ps. 135 : 6, 7. 2 Ps. 143 : 10. Heb. 13 : 20, 21. 
When is this effected ? 

Answer. When God frustrates and brings to 
nought every evil counsel and purpose 1 , which 
would hinder us from hallowing the name of 
God 2 , and prevent his kingdom from coming to 
us 3 , such as the will of the devil 4 , of the world 5 , 
and of our own flesh 6 ; and when he strength- 
ens 7 us, and keeps us steadfast in his word and 
in the faith 8 , even unto our end 9 . This is his 
gracious and good will 10 . 

1 Rom. 16 : 20. 1 Cor. 15 : 57. 2 Ezek. 36 : 26, 27. Phil. 1 : 6. 
3 1 Thess. 5 : 23. * 1 John 3 : 8. Luke 22 : 31, 32. 5 1 John 2 : 
15-17. 6 Rom. 7: 18, 19. Luke 9 123. 7 Eph. 3: 16. 8 Rom. 12 : 2. 
Col. 1 : 23. 9 1 Cor. 1 : 8. 10 Heb. 10 : 36. 1 Pet. 4 : 19. 

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The Fourth Petition. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

Ps. 145 : 15, 16. 
What is meant by this Petition ? 

Answer. God gives indeed without our prayer 
even to the wicked also their daily bread 1 ; but 
we pray in this petition that he would make us 
sensible of his benefits 2 , and enable us to re- 
ceive our daily bread with thanksgiving 3 . 

l Matt. 5 : 45. 2 1 Cor. 10 : 31. 1 Tim. 6 : 6-8. 3 Eph, 5 : 20. 
What is implied in the words : " our daily bread" f 

Answer. All things that pertain to the wants 
and the support of this present life 1 ; such as 
food, raiment, money, goods, house and land, and 
other property; a believing spouse and good 
children; trustworthy servants and faithful mag- 
istrates; favorable seasons, peace and health; 
education and honor; true friends, good neigh- 
bors, and the like 2 . 

1 Deut. 2: 7. Prov. 30: 7-9. 2 Ps. 65: 9-13. Ps. 127: i, 2. 
James 1 : 17. 

The Fifth Petition. 

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive 
those who trespass against us. 

Isa. 1 : 18. Ps. 32 : 1, 2. 

What is meant by this Petition ? 

Answer. We pray in this petition, that our 
heavenly Father would not regard our sins 1 , nor 
deny us our requests on account of them 2 ; for 
we are not worthy of anything for which we pray, 
and we have not merited it 3 ; but that he would 
grant us all things through grace 4 , although we 
daily 5 commit much sin 6 , and deserve chastise- 



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ment alone 7 . We will therefore, on our part, 
both heartily forgive 8 , and also readily do good 
to those who may injure or offend us 9 . 

1 Ps. 51 : 9. Micah 7 : 18, 19. 2 Ps. 51 : 11. 3 L u fc e 1? . Ia 
* 1 John 5 : 14, 15. 5 1 John 1:8, 9. 6 James3:2. Isa. 59:12. 
7 Ps. 143:2. Rom. 3: 19. 8 Matt. 6 : 14, 15. Mark 11: 25. 9 Eph. 

4 : 32. Matt. 5 : 44. 

The Sixth Petition. 

And lead us not into temptation. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. Matt. 26 : 41. 
What is meant by this Petition ? 

Answer. God indeed tempts no one to sin 1 ; but 
we pray in this petition that God would so guard 
and preserve us 2 , that the devil 3 , the world 4 , and 
our own flesh 5 , may not deceive 6 us, nor lead us 
into error 7 and unbelief 8 , despair 9 , and other 
great and shameful sins 10 ; and that, though we 
may be thus tempted, we may nevertheless finally 
prevail and gain the victory 11 . 

1 James 1 : 13. 2 i Cor. 10: 13. 3 1 Pet. 5 : 8,9. *John 15: 18, 19. 

5 Gal. 5 : 17. Jer. 17 : 9. 6 2 Cor. 11:3. 7 Eph. 4 : 14. 8 James 
1:6,8. 9 2 Cor. 4 : 8, 16. 10 1 Cor. 15 : 33. Phil. 3 : 19. n James 
1 : 12. 1 John 5 : 4. 

The Seventh Petition. 

But deliver us from evil. 

2 Tim. 4: 18. 
What is meant by this Petition ? 

Answer. We pray in this petition, as in a sum- 
mary, that our heavenly Father would deliver us 
from all manner of evil 1 , whether it affect the 
body or soul, property or character 2 , and, at last, 
when the hour of death shall arrive, grant us a 



20 luther's small catechism. 

happy end 3 , and graciously take us from this 
world of sorrow to himself in heaven 4 . 

1 2Thess. 3:3. 2 Ps. 37 : 39, 40. 3 2 Tim. 4:6-8. 4 2Cor. 4: 
17, 18. Rev. 21 : 4. 

The Conclusion. 

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Eph. 3 : 20, 21. Rev. 1 : 6. Jude ver. 25. Rev. 4:11. 

What is meant by the word " Amen " ? 

Answer. That I should be assured that such 
petitions are acceptable to our heavenly Father, 
and are heard of him 1 ; for he himself has com- 
manded us to pray in this manner 2 , and has pro- 
mised that he will hear us 3 . Amen, amen; that 
is, Yea, yea, it shall be so 4 . 

1 1 John 5 : 14, 15. 2 Matt. 6:5-9. Luke. 18:1. 'James 1:5. 
4 2 Cor. 1 : 20. 



PART IV. 

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM. 

In the plain form in which it is to be taught by the Head of a 

family. 

Ezek. 37 : 26-28. 

I. What is Baptism? 

Answer. Baptism is not simply water 1 , but it 
is the water comprehended in God's command 2 , 
and connected with God's word 3 . 

1 John 3 : 5. Acts 10 : 47. 2 Acts 22 : 16. 3 1 Pet. 1 : 23. Eph. 
5: 26. 

What is that word of God ? 

Answer. It is that which our Lord Jesus 



THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM. 21 

Christ spake, as it is recorded in the last chapter 
of Matthew, verse 19: "Go ye, and teach all na- 
tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." 

Acts 2 : 39. Mark 10 : 13-16. 

II. What gifts or benefits does Baptism confer? 

Answer. It worketh forgiveness of sins 1 , de- 
livers from death 2 and the devil 3 , and confers 
everlasting salvation 4 on all who believe 5 , as the 
word and promise of God declare 6 . 

1 Acts 2 138. Col. 2:11-13. 1 Cor. 6:11. 2 Rom. 6:4, 5. John 
11 : 25, 26. 3 Rev. 12 : 10, 11. 1 John 3:8. * Rom. 8 : 17. 5 Heb. 
11:6. Gal. 3 : 26, 27. 6 1 Thess. 2: 13. 

What are such words and promises of God? 

Answer. Those which our Lord Jesus Christ 
spake, as they are recorded in the last chapter of 
Mark, verse 16: "He that believe th and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, 
shall be damned." 

Acts 8 : 13-21. Gal. 6 : 7, 8. 

III. How can water produce such great effects ? 

Answer. It is not the water indeed that pro- 
duces these effects 1 , but the word of God 2 which 
accompanies and is connected with the water 3 , 
and our faith 4 which relies on the word of God 5 
connected with the water. For the water, with- 
out the word of God, is simply water and no bap- 
tism 6 . But when connected with the word of 
God, it is a baptism 7 , that is, a gracious water of 
life 8 and a "washing of regeneration" 9 in the 
Holy Ghost 10 ; as St. Paul says to Titus, in the 
third chapter, verse 5-8: "According to his mer- 
cy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, 
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed 



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on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our 
Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we 
should be made heirs according to the hope of 
eternal life. This is a faithful saying." 

1 Tit. 3:5. 2 1 Pet. 1 : 23. 3 Eph. 5 : 26. 4 Gal. 2 : 16. 5 Heb. 
4:2. 6 James 1 : 21. 7 Eph. 5 : 26, 27. 8 Eph. 2 : 4-6. 9 John 3 : 
3, 5, 6. James 1 : 18. 10 Rom. $ : 13, 14. 

IV. What does such baptizing with water signify ? 

Answer. It signifies that the old Adam in us 1 
is to be drowned and destroyed 2 by daily sor- 
row and repentance 3 , together with all sins and 
evil lusts 4 ; and that again the new man 5 should 
daily come forth and rise 6 , that shall live 7 in the 
presence of God in righteousness and purity 8 
forever 9 . 

1 Eph. 4 : 22. 2 Rom. 6 : 6. Col. 3:9. 3 2 Cor. 7 : 9, 10. 4 Rom. 
6 : 12. Gal. 5 : 24. 5 Eph. 4 : 23. 2 Cor. 5 : 17. 6 Rom. 12: 1, 2. 
* Ezek. 18 : 23. 8 1 John 2:6. 9 1 John 3 : 2. 

Where is it so written f 

Answer. St. Paul, in the Epistle to the Romans, 
chap. 6, verse 4, says: "We are buried 1 with 
Christ by baptism into death ; that like as he was 
raised up from the dead by the glory of the 
Father, even so we also should walk in newness 2 
of life." 

iCol. 2: 12. 2 Rom. 8: n. 

OF CONFESSION. 

Luke 10 : 16. Matt. 16 : 19. John 20 : 22, 23. 

What is Confession ? 

Answer. Confession consists of two parts : the 
one is that we confess our sins ; the other, that 
we receive absolution or forgiveness through the 
pastor as of God himself, in no wise doubting, 



THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM. 23 

but firmly believing that our sins are thus for- 
given before God in heaven. 

Matt. 18 : 17-20. Prov. 28 : 13. Ps. 32 : 5. Mark 2 : 7, 10. 
2 Cor. 2 : 10. 

What sins ought we to confess ? 

Answer. In the presence of God we should ac- 
knowledge ourselves guilty of all manner of 
sins, even of those which we do not ourselves 
perceive; as we do in the Lord's Prayer. But 
in the presence of the pastor we should confess 
those sins alone, of which we have knowledge, 
and which we feel in our hearts. 

Ps. 19 : 12. Matt. 3 : 6. Matt. 5 : 23-25. Josh. 7 : 19. James 
5:16. 
Which are these ? 

Answer. Here reflect on your condition, ac- 
cording to the Ten Commandments, namely: 
Whether you are a father or mother, a son or 
daughter, a master or mistress, a man-servant or 
maid-servant — whether you have been disobe- 
dient, unfaithful, slothful, — whether you have 
injured any one by words or actions — whether 
you have stolen, neglected, or wasted aught, or 
done other evil. 

Ps. 119: 59. 



PART V. 

THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR; 

(or, the lord's supper.) 

In the plain form in which it is to be taught by the Head of a 

family. 

Heb. 13 : 10. Ps. in : 4, 5. 
What is the Sacrament of the Altar ? 

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24 LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

Lord Jesus Christ 1 , under the bread and wine 2 , 
given unto us Christians to eat and to drink, as 
it was instituted by Christ himself 3 . 

1 1 Cor. ii : 27-29. John 6 155,56. 2 1 Cor. 10 : 17. 3 1 Cor. 
11 : 26. 

Where is it so written ? 

Answer. The holy evangelists, Matthew, Mark, 
and Luke, together with St. Paul, write thus: 
" Our Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in which 
he was betrayed, took bread : and when he had 
given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to the 
disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, 
which is given for you : this do, in remembrance 
of me. 

" After the same manner also he took the 
cup, when he had supped, gave thanks, and 
gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it: this 
cup is the new testament in my blood, which is 
shed for you, for the remission of sins : this do 
ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." 

Matth. 26 : 26-28. Mark 14 : 22-24. Luke 22 : 19, 20. 1 Cor. 
11 : 23-25. 

What benefits are derived from such eating and drinking ? 

Answer. They are pointed out in these words : 
"given, and shed for you, for the remission of 
sins." Namely, through these words, the remis- 
sion of sins, life and salvation are granted unto 
us in the Sacrament 1 . For where there is remis- 
sion of sins, there are also 2 life and salvation. 

1 Eph. 1 : 7. John 6 : 54. 2 John 6 : 51. 
Hoiv can the bodily eating and drinking produce such great effects f 

Answer. The eating and the drinking, indeed, 
do not produce them 1 , but the words which 
stand here, namely: " given, and shed for you, 



FAMILY PRAYER. 25 

for the remission of sins 2 ." These words are, 
besides the bodily eating and drinking, the chief 
things in the Sacrament: and he who believes 
these words, has that which they declare and set 
forth, namely, the remission of sins 3 . 

1 1 Cor. 10 : 3-5. 2 John 6 : 63. 3 Matt. 8 : 13. Luke 7 : 48-50. 
Who is it, then, that receives this Sacrament worthity ? 

Answer. Fasting and bodily preparation are 
indeed a good external discipline; 1 but he is 
truly worthy and well-prepared, who believes 
these words: " given, and shed for you, for the 
remission of sins 2 ." But he who does not believe 
these words, or who doubts, is unworthy and un- 
fit 3 ; for the words : " for you," require truly 
believing hearts 4 . 

1 Joel 2 : 13. 2 Rom. 4 : 5. Gal. 2 : 20. 3 James2:i7. 1 Cor. 
5 : 7,8. 4 i Cor. 11 : 28. 

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, 

AND PRAYER BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT. 

In the form in which they are to be taught by the Head of a family. 

\ [ The following Order of Morning and Evening Prayer may 
also be used as an Order of Family Prayer, the Head of the 
family saying the opening Sentence and the closing Prayer, and 
all the members together saying the Apostles Creed and the 
Lord's Prayer. A Hymn may be sung before the Creed.] 

Morning: Prayer. 

^f In the Morning, when thou rises t, thou shall say : 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

^f Then % kneeling or standing, thou shall say the Apostles' Creed 
and the Lord's Prayer, as here followeth : 

The Apostles' Creed. 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 
3 



26 luther's small catechism. 

And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord ; 
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of 
the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended 
into hell; The third day He rose again from the 
dead; He ascended into heaven. And sitteth on 
the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; 
From thence He shall come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Chris- 
tian Church, the Communion of Saints; The For- 
giveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; 
And the Life everlasting. Amen. 

The Lord's Prayer. 

Our Father, who art in heaven; Hallowed be 
Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be 
done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this 
day our daily bread; And forgive us our tres- 
passes, as we forgive those who trespass against 
us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver 
us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. 

^f Then shalt thou say this Prayer : 

I Give thanks unto Thee, Heavenly Father, 
through Jesus Christ Thy dear Son, that Thou 
hast protected me through the night from all 
danger and harm; and I beseech Thee to pre- 
serve and keep me, this day also, from all sin and 
evil; that in all my thoughts, words, and deeds, 
I may serve and please Thee. Into Thy hands I 
commend my body and soul, and all that is mine. 
Let Thy holy angel have charge concerning me, 



FAMILY PRAYER. 27 

that the wicked one have no power over me. 
Amen. 

Evening Prayer. 

<j In the Evening, when thou goest to bed, thou shalt say : 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

«[ Then, kneeling or standing, thou shalt say the Apostles' Creed and 
the Lord's Prayer, 

% Then shalt thou say this Prayer : 

I Give thanks unto Thee, Heavenly Father, 
through Jesus Christ Thy dear Son, that Thou 
hast this day so graciously protected me, and I 
beseech Thee to forgive me all my sins, and the 
wrong which I have done, and by Thy great 
mercy defend me from all the perils and dangers 
of this night. Into Thy hands I commend my 
body and soul, and all that is mine. Let Thy 
holy angel have charge concerning me, that the 
wicked one have no power over me. Amen. 

Grace before Meat. 

*f Before meat, the members of the family standing at the table 
reverently and with folded hands, there shall be said : 

The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord : and 
Thou givest them their meat in due season. 
Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the 
desire of every living thing. (Ps. 145: 15, 16.) 

«[ Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, and after that this Prayer : 

O Lord God, Heavenly Father, bless unto us 
these Thy gifts, which of Thy tender kindness 
Thou hast bestowed upon us, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



28 luther's small catechism. 

Thanks after Meat. 

If After meat, all standing reverently and with folded hands, 
there shall be said : 

O Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: 
for His mercy endureth forever. He giveth food 
to all flesh: He giveth to the beast his food, and 
to the young ravens which cry. The Lord taketh 
pleasure in them that fear Him: in those that 
hope in His mercy. (Ps. 136: 1,25. Ps. 147: 
9, 11.) 

\ Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, and after that this Prayer : 

We give thanks to Thee, O God our Father, 
for all Thy benefits, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, Who with Thee liveth and reigneth, for- 
ever and ever. Amen: 



TABLE OF DUTIES ; 

(OR, CERTAIN PASSAGES OF THE SCRIPTURES, SELECTED FOR 
VARIOUS ORDERS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN, WHEREIN 
THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES ARE SET FORTH.) 

Of Bishops, Pastors, and Preachers. 

" A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, 
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 
not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but 
patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own 
house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; not a 
novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemna- 
tion of the devil." i Tim. 3 : 2-6. 

" Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he 
may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the 
gainsayers.' Tit. 1:9. 

Of the Hearers. 

" For the laborer is worthy of his hire." Luke 10: 7. 
" Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the 
gospel should live of the gospel." 1 Cor. 9 : 14. 



TABLE OF DUTIES. 29 

" Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that 
teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : 
for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal. 6 : 6,7. 

" Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double 
honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. For 
the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out 
the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward." 1 Tim. 
5: 17- 18. 

" And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor 
among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you ; 
and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And 
be at peace among yourselves." 1 Thess. 5 : 12, 13. 

" Obey them that have rule over you, and submit yourselves: 
for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that 
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable 
for you." Heb. 13 : 17. 

Of Magistrates. 

" Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there 
is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God. 
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt 
thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and 
thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God 
to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for 
he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a 
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." Rom. 13 : 

h 3. 4- 

Of Subjects or Citizens. 

11 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render 
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God 
the things that are God's." Matt. 22: 21. 

"Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but 
also for conscience" sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also : 
for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very 
thing. Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute 
is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; honor to 
whom honor.'* Rom. 13 : 5-7. 

" I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayer, 
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men ; for 
kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet 
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good 
and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour." 1 Tim. 2 : 1-3. 

" Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, 
to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work." Tit. 3 : 1. 

" Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's 
sike: whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, 
as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, 
and for the praise of them that do well." 1 Pet. 2 : 13, 14. 

3* 



30 LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

Of Husbands. 

•' Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to know- 
ledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as 
being heirs together of the grace of life ; that your prayers be not 
hindered." I Pet. 3:7. 

" Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. ,, 
Col. 3 : 19. 

Of Wives. 

" Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the 
Lord." Eph. 5 : 22. 

''Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose 
daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any 
amazement." 1 Pet. 3 : 6. 

Of Parents. 

11 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath : but 
bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Eph. 
6: 4. 

" Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be dis- 
couraged." Col. 3:21. 

Of Children. 

" Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 
Honor thy father and mother ; which is the first commandment 
with promise ; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live 
long on the earth." Eph. 6 : 1-3. 

Of Hale and Female (Servants and Laborers. 

f ' Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according 
to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, 
as unto Christ ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but as the 
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart ; with good 
will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men ; knowing that 
whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive 
of the Lord, whether he be bond or free." Eph. 6 : 5-8. 

Of masters and Mistresses. 

" Ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threaten- 
ing : knowing that your Master also is in heaven ; neither is there 
respect of persons with him." Ef>h. 6 : 9. 

Of Young Persons in general. 

" Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, 
all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : 
for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 



TABLE OF DUTIES. 3 1 

Humble yourselves therefore, under the mighty hand of God, 
that he may exalt you in due time." 1 Pet 5 : 5, 6. 

Of Widows. 

" She that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and 
continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she 
that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth." 1 Tim. 5:5,6. 

Of Christians in general. 

11 For this, thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, 
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt 
not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself." Pom. 13 : 9. 

11 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, inter- 
cessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men." 1 Tim. 2: I. 



32 LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 



CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 

For those who propose to receive the Lord's Supper. 

PREPARED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER. 



i. Do you believe that you are a sinner ? 

Yes, I believe it; I am a sinner. 

[Rom. 3: 10, 23. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, 
not one : For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.] 

2. How did you obtain a knowledge thereof ? 

From the holy Decalogue or Ten Command- 
ments ; these I have not kept. 

[James 2: 10. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and 
yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.] 

j. Do you feel sorrow on account of your sins ? 

Yes, I feel sorrow for having sinned against 
God. 

[ 2 Cor. 7 : 10. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salva- 
tion.] 

4. What have you deserved of God on account of your sins f 

His wrath and displeasure, temporal death, and 
eternal condemnation. 

Rom. 6: 23. For the wages of sin is death. 

5. But do you still hope to be saved ? 

Yes, such is my hope. 

6. Whence do you derive this hope and comfo7't ? 

From my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 



CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 33 

7. Who is Christ ? 

The Son of God, true God and man. 

8. Are there more Gods than one ? 

No, there is one God only, but there are three 
Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

9. What has Christ done for you that you find comfort in Him f 

He died for me, shedding His blood on the 
cross for me, for the forgiveness of my sins. 

Gal. 2 : 20. The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the 
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

10. Did the Father also die for you ? 

He did not ; for the Father is God only, and the 
Holy Ghost is also God only; but the Son is true 
God and true man, who died for me, shedding 
his blood for me. 

[1 John 1 : 7. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 
from all sin.] 

11. How do you obtain this knowledge ? 

From the holy Gospel, and from the words of 
the Sacrament ; and also from His body and blood 
in the Sacrament, which are given to me as a 
pledge. 

[Eph. 1 : 13, 14. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard 
the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also after 
that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 
which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the 
purchased possession.] 

12. What are these words ? 

" Our Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in 
which he was betrayed, took bread: and when he 
had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to the 
disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, 
which is given for you : this do, in remembrance 
of me. After the same manner also he took the 



34 LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

cup, when he had supped, gave thanks, and gave 
it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it: this cup is 
the new testament in my blood, which is shed for 
you, for the remission of sins: this do ye, as oft 
as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." 

[Matt. 26: 26-28. Mark 14: 22-24. Luke 22: 19, 20. 1 Cor. 
11 : 23-25.] 

ij. Do you then believe that the true body and blood of Christ 
are in the Sacrament f 

Yes, this I believe. 

14. What induces you to believe it ? 

The words of Christ: "Take, eat; this is my 
body: drink ye all of it; this is my blood." 

15. What are we to do when we partake of His body and blood, 
and thus receive the pledge ? 

We should show his death and the shedding 
of his blood, and also remember that which he 
taught us: "This do, as oft as ye do it, in re- 
membrance of me." 

[1 Cor. 11 : 26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.] 

16. Why should we remember and show his death ? 

That we might learn to believe that no creature 
was able to make satisfaction for our sins; but 
that Christ, true God and man, alone was able : 
further, that we might learn to tremble on account 
of our sins, to regard them as very great, and to 
rejoice and find comfort in Christ alone; and 
that thus we might, through this faith, be saved. 

17. What was it that moved Him to die for your sins and make 
atonement for them ? 

His great love to his Father, and also to me 
and other sinners, as it is written in John 14: 31, 



CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 35 

"I love the Father; and as the Father gave me 
commandment, even so I do." Rom. 5 : 8. "God 
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Eph. 
5: 2. "Christ also hath loved us, and hath 
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice 
to God." 

18. But why do you desire to receive the Sacrament f 

In order that I might learn to believe that 
Christ died for my sins, through his great love, 
as now stated ; and then, that I might learn from 
him to love God and my neighbor. 

ig. What should admonish and incite a Christian to receive the 
Sacrament of the Altar frequently f 

On the part of God, he should be so moved, 
both by the command of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and also by his promise. In reference to himself, 
he should be so moved by his own spiritual bur- 
dens which oppress him, on account of which, 
indeed, such commandment, encouragement, and 
promise are given. 

20. But what shall such persons do, who do not feel these bur- 
dens, or who do not hunger or thirst for the Sacrame?it ? 

To these no better counsel can be given than, 
First, to examine whether they are not still flesh 
and blood, and by all means to believe all that 
the Scriptures say of these things. 

Gal. 5 : 16-21. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall 
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the 
Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the 
one to the other : so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the 
works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; Adultery, forni- 
cation, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, 
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, 
murders, drunkenness, revelings and such like. 



36 luther's small catechism. 

Rom. 7: 18. I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth 
no good thing : for to will is present with me ; but how to perform 
that which is good I find not. 

Secondly, they should reflect whether they do 
not still dwell in an evil world, and also remem- 
ber that sins and dangers are continually found 
therein, as the Scriptures declare. 

John 15 : 19, 20. If ye were of the world, the world would 
love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. If 
they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. 

1 John 2 : 15-17. Love not the world, neither the things that 
are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the 
Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the 
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and Ihe pride of life, is not of the 
Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and 
the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for 
ever. 

I John 5 : 4, 5. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our 
faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? 

Thirdly, they should consider that they are ex- 
posed to the snare of Satan, who continually 
disturbs their inward and outward peace by false- 
hood and deadly delusions, according to the 
representations of the Scriptures. • 

1 Pet. 5 : 8,9. Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may 
devour : whom resist stedfast in the faith. 

John 8 : 44. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he 
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the 
father of it. 

Eph. 6: 11-18. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may 
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not 
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual 
wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, 
and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins 
girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteous- 
ness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of 



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peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the 
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word 
of God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit. 



end of luther's small catechism. 



ADDITIONS 

TO 

LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM 



I. ORDER OF SALVATION. 

In (169) short and simple Questions and Answers. 

1. What is your $t ate by nature ? 

I am a sinful being. 

John 3 : 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. 

2. Who made you a human being ? 

God created me, 

j>. Do you believe that there is a God ? 

Yes; I believe that there is a God. 

Heb. n : 6. For he that cometh to God must believe that he is. 

4. Can we see God f 

No ; we cannot here see God. 

John 1 : 18. No man hath seen God at any time. 

5. What is God, since we cannot see him f 

God is a Spirit, or, an uncreated, spiritual and 
most perfect Being. 

John 4: 24. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

6. Are there more Gods than one f 

No ; there is but one God. 

iviark 12 : 29. Hear, O, Israel ; the Lord our God is one Lord. 
Deut. 6 : 4. 

7. What is the name of the one God ? 

The name of the one God is: Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost. 
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<?. Are not the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost three Gods ? 

No ; the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three 
Persons, and these three Persons are one God. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 

o. Has God had a beginning? 

No; God is eternal, and is without beginning 
or end. 

Ps. 90 : 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting 
to everlasting thou art God. 

10. Where is God? 

God is present in all places. 

Jer. 23 : 24. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall 
not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? 
saith the Lord. 

11. Does God also see and hear all things ? 

Yes; God knows all that takes place in the 
whole world. 

Ps. 139 : 2, 3. Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, 
thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my 
path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 

12. And is God able to do all things ? 

Yes; God is almighty; he can do whatsoever 
he pleases. 

Ps. 115 : 3. Our God is in the heavens : he hath done whatso- 
ever he hath pleased. 

13. Did God create the whole world ? 

Yes; God is the almighty Maker of heaven 
and earth. 

Col. 1:16. For by him were all things created, that are in hea- 
ven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be 
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers : all things were 
created by him, and for him. 

14. Can that which God has created preserve itself? 

No ; even as God has created all things, so he 
preserves and governs all things. 

Acts 17 : 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our 
being. John 5: 17. My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 



40 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

15. But does sin also proceed from God ? 

No ; from God nothing that is evil can come. 

Ps. 5 : 4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wicked- 
ness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

16. Is then God without sin, and altogether holy and good ? 

Yes ; God is the sovereign good, and there is 
no evil in him. God is true, holy, righteous, and 
gracious. 

Ps. 145 : 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

iy. But how did you become a sinful being f 

I inherited sin from Adam, the first man. 

Rom. 5 : 12. As by one man sin entered into the world, and 
death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have 
sinned. 

18. How many human beings did God create at first ? 

God created at first two, namely, Adam and Eve. 

Gen. 1 : 26, 27. 

19. Of what does every human being consist ? 

Every human being consists of a body and soul. 

1 Thess. 5 : 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly : 
and I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

20. Of what did God form the body of the first man ? 

Gen. 2 : 7. God formed man of the dust of 
the ground. 

21. And how did God give him a soul ? 

Gen. 2 : 7. God breathed into his nostrils the 
breath of life; and man became a living soul. 

22. Whose image was man when God thus created him f 

Man was a comely image of God, particularly 
with respect to the soul, and also with respect to 
the body. 

Gen. 1 : 27. God created man in his own image, in the image 
of God created he him. 

23. What is the soul of man f 

The soul is a created spirit, endowed with un- 
derstanding and a will. 



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24. What was the state of the understanding of ma?i ? 

His understanding possessed a heavenly know- 
ledge of God and of his will. 

Col. 3: 10. Ye . . . have put on the new man, which is re- 
newed in knowledge after the image of him that created him. 

25. What was the state of his will f 

The will possessed a divine power to love and 
to do that which is good, and to hate and avoid 
that which is evil. 

Eph. 4 : 23, 24. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and 
. . . put on the new man, which after God is created in right- 
eousness and true holiness. 

26. What is the body of man f 

The body is the visible part of man, with which 
the soul is united. 

27. What was the state of the body ? 

The body of man, before the fall, was holy, 
comely, and immortal. 

Rom. 5 : 12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death 
by sin. 

28. Was man in any respect sinful or miserable when God had 
created him with such excellence ? 

No ; at first no sins and no misery whatever, 
either in the soul or body, were found in man. 

Gen. 1 : 31. And God saw everything that he had made, and, 
behold, it was very good. 

2Q. How then did Adam and Eve become sinners f 

Adam and Eve fell from God. 

30. WHio beguiled Adam and Eve f 

The devil beguiled Adam and Eve. 

31. What were the devils at first f 

The devils were at first good angels. 

2 Pet. 2 : 4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast 
them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to 
be reserved unto judgment. 

32. WJ10 created the angels ? 

God created many good angels. 

Col. 1 : 16. By him were all things created, that are in heaven, 

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42 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, 
or dominions, or principalities, or powers : all things were created 
by him and for him. 

33. What are the good angels ? 

The good angels are holy and blessed spirits. 

34. What is the employment of the good angels ? 

The good angels praise and serve God, and 
protect the righteous. 

Ps. 103 : 20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, 
that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 

Heb. 1 : 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ? 

35. How dia\some good angels become devils f 

Many good angels fell from God, and lost their 
original holiness. 

Jude, verse 6. The angels which kept not their first estate, but 
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains 
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 

36. What are the bad angels ? 

The bad angels are unholy and unhappy spirits. 

Eph. 6:12. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of 
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

37. What are the employments of the bad angels ? 

The bad angels attempt to oppose the honor of 
God, and the execution of his will, and to lead 
men into evil. 

2 Cor. 4 : 4. The god of this world hath blinded the minds of 
them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of 
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 

38. Into what evil did the devil lead man ? 

The devil led man into the evil of disobedience 
to God. 

3Q. In what did the fall of Adam properly consist ? 

The fall of Adam consisted in man's turning 
his heart from God to the devil. 

40, Wherein did Adam and Eve externally disobey God, and 
obey the devil ? 

Adam and Eve ate of the tree whereof God 
had said they should not eat. 



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41. What did man lose when he obeyed the devil and fell from God ? 

Man lost the comely image of God, and be- 
came an image of the devil. 

Eph. 2 : 2,3. In time past ye walked according to the course 
of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the 
spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience : among 
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of 
our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind .... 
But God . . . hath quickened us together with Christ. 

42. What was then the state of man s soul and body after the fall ? 

The soul and the body became unapt for all that 
is good; and fitted, and inclined to, all that is evil. 

Gen. 6: 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

43. Through what has si?i now passed upo?i all men f 

Through Adam's fall, sin and death passed 
upon all men. 

Rom. 5 : 12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death 
by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 

44. What is sin f 

Sin is everything that is evil and unrighteous, 
or everything that is against the commandment 
of God. 

1 John 3 : 4. Sin is the transgression of the law. 

45. How is the sin called which has passed upon us from Adam ? 

The sin which we have inherited from Adam is 
called Original sin. 

46. From whom does sin then proceed ? 

Sin proceeds from the devil and from man. 

1 John 3 : 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil ; for the 
devil sinneth from the beginning. 

James 1 : 14, 15. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn 
away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, 
it bringeth forth sin : and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth 
death. 

4J. Do we ourselves commit no sins ? 

Yes, we daily commit much sin. 

Ps. 19: 12. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 



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48. How are the sins called which we commit ? 

The sihs which we commit are called Actual 
sins. 

4Q. Wherein do we commit Actual sins ? 

We daily sin in thoughts, in looks, in words, 
and in actions. 

Mark 7 : 20-23. That which cometh out of the man, that de- 
fileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed 
evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, 
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, fool- 
ishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man. 

50. Of how ma?iy kinds, therefore, do sins consist ? 

Sin is two-fold, namely, Original sin and Actual 
sins. 

ji. What is Original sin f 

Original sin is the inbred depravity of our 
nature, inasmuch as we are unapt for all that is 
good, and inclined to all that is evil. 

John 3 : 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. 
52. What is an Actual sin ? 

An actual sin is any evil committed by us, or 
any omission of that which is good, internally in 
thoughts and desires, and externally in looks, 
words, and actions. 

James 4 : 17. To him that knowelh to do good, and doeth it 
not, to him it is sin. 

Ps. 44 : 21. For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

5J>. How do we make ourselves partakers of other men s sins ? 

When we enjoin, advise, or approve of that 
which is evil, and do not prevent and reprove it, 
or make it known, so that it may be reproved, 
we thereby make ourselves partakers of other 
men's sins. 

2 John 9-1 1. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the 
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. . . . If there come any unto you, 
and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither 
bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker 
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54. What do we all deserve on account of our sins ? 

We all deserve the wrath and displeasure of 
God, temporal death and eternal damnation. 

Rom. 1 : 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven 
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 

Rom. 6: 23. For the wages of sin is death. 

2 Thess. 1 : 7-9. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 
with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them 
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ : who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

55. Must then all men necessarily be lost ? 

No ; we can again obtain the blessedness which 
was lost. 

Rom. 5 : 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were 
made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made 
righteous. 

56. Who had compassion on us, to the end that we might not 
perish ? 

It was God who had compassion on us all. 

John 3 : 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

5J. When did God already determine to save fallen man f 

God determined already from eternity to pro- 
vide redemption for all men, and to save believers. 

Eph. 1 : 4. He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in 
love. 

j8. When did God give the promise of a Redeemer? 

Immediately after the fall, God promised to 
give us a Redeemer. 

Gen. 3 : 15. I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 
and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and 
thou shalt bruise his heel. 

59. Who is the Redeemer of men ? 

Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. 

60. What does the name il Jesus" signify ? 

"Jesus" signifies a "Saviour." 

Matt. 1 : 21. Thou shalt call his name JESUS : for he shall SAVE 
his people from their sins. 



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61. What does the name " Christ" signify ? 

" Christ" signifies "one who is anointed," and 
is the same as the name " Messiah." 

62. Who is Christ f 

Christ is the Son of God, true God and man. 

1 John 5 : 20. And we know that the Son of God is come, . . . 
and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This 
is the true God, and eternal life. 

John 1 : 14. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten oi 
the Father, full of grace and truth. 

63. Did then God give us his Son as a Redeemer ? 

Yes; God gave us his Son, when the Son of 
God became man. 

Gal. 4 : 4, 5. But when the fulness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of sons. 

64. Of whom was Christ born f 

Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, when he 
became man. 

6j, Why did Christ necessarily become man ? 

Christ necessarily became man, in order that 
he might redeem us by his sufferings and death. 

Heb. 2 : 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of 
flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; 
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of 
death, that is, the devil. 

66. Why was Christ necessarily true God also ? 

Christ was necessarily true God, in order that 
the redemption wrought by him might have the 
efficacy to produce reconciliation with God. 

Rom. 5 : 10. For if, when we were enemies, we were recon- 
ciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, 
we shall be saved by his life. 

6j. How did Christ redeem us and produce reconciliation with God? 

Christ reconciled us to God by his obedience 
unto death. 

Phil. 2: 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled 
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the 
cross. 



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68. What did Christ fulfil i?i our place f 

Christ perfectly fulfilled the whole law in 
our place. 

Matt. 5 : 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

69. What did Christ take upon himself? 

Christ took upon himself the guilt and pun- 
ishment of our sins. 

Isa. 53 : 5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon 
him ; and with his stripes. we are healed. 

70. What theii did Christ suffer for us ? 

Christ died for us, and shed his blood on the 
cross for us. 

Rom. 5 : 8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that 
while we were yet. sinners, Christ died for us. 

71. But did Christ remain dead in the grave f 

No ; Christ rose from the dead on the third day. 

2 Tim. 2 : 8. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David 
was raised from the dead according to my gospel. 

72. Whither did Christ go after his resurrection ? 

Christ visibly ascended to heaven. 

Acts 1 : 9. And when he (Jesus) had spoken these things, 
while they beheld, he \fas taken up ; and a cloud received him out 
of their sight. 

7J>. Where does Christ now sit ? 

Christ sits on the right hand of God, that 
he may bestow on men the salvation which 
he acquired for them. 

Mark 16: 19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, 
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 

J 4. What persons did Christ redeem ? 

Christ redeemed all men. 

1 John 2 : 1, 2. Jesus Christ the righteous .... is the propitia- 
tion for our sins : and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the 
whole world. 

75*. From what did Christ redeem us ? 

Christ redeemed us from all sins, from death, 
and from the power of the devil. 



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i John i : 7. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 
from all sin. 

Tit. 2 : 14. Our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all iniquity, — (2 Tim. 1 : 10) hath 
abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light 
through the gospel. 

76. But what, on the other hand y did Christ acquire for us f 

Christ acquired for us the grace of God, the 
Holy Spirit, and eternal salvation. 

John 1 : 17. For the law was given by Moses ; grace and truth 
came by Jesus Christ. 

John 15 : 26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. 

Heb. 7 : 25. He is able also to save them to the uttermost that 
come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession 
for them. 

jj. Will all men, therefore, be saved ? 

No; not all men will be saved. 

Matt. 7 : 14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, 
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

78. Whose fault is it that so many are lost ? 

Men are themselves the cause of their con- 
demnation, if they are determined to remain 
in their sins. 

2 Pet. 3:9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as 
some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

79. What persons , then, will be saved? 

Those who receive Christ in faith will be saved. 

John 3 : 36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : 
and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. 

80. Can you believe in Christ by your own strength f 

No; I cannot by my own reason or strength 
believe in Christ. 

1 Cor. 2 : 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of 
the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither can 
he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

81. For whom, as the giver of such strength, must you pray to Godf 

I must pray to God that he would bestow 
on me the Holy Spirit. 



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1 Cor. 12 : 3. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but bv 
the Holy Ghost. ' J 

82. What work does the Holy Spirit perform in us ? 

The Holy Spirit sanctifies us. Rom. 15: 16. 

83. Are you not holy by nature ? 

No; I am by nature unholy. Rom. 3: 10. 

84. Through what have you become unholy ? 

I have become unholy through sin. 

8y . How can you the?i become holy f 

If I am made free from sin, I shall become holy. 

I'Cor. 6 : n. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye 
are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the 
Spirit of our God. 

86. WJiat work does the Holy Spirit perform in making us free 
from sin and sanctifying tis f 

The Holy Spirit calls, enlightens, sanctifies, 
and preserves us. 

8j. How does the Holy Spirit call us ? 

When we hear the word of God, the Holy 
Spirit calls us back to God from sin and from 
the power of the devil. 

2 Thess. 2 : 14. Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the 
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

88. How does the Holy Spirit enlighten and sanctify us f 

The Holy Spirit works in us faith in Christ, 
and converts us into new creatures. 

2 Cor. 4: 6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out 
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Ps. 51 : 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 
And renew a right Spirit within me. 

8q. Has, then, faith such great power as to make you free from 
sin and to sanctify you ? 

Faith has the power to make a sinner righteous 
and holy. 

Rom. 4: 3. Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto 
him for righteousness. 

Gal. 2 : 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works 
of the law, but by the faith of Tesus Christ. 

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50 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

go. How does faith make you righteous before Godf 

When my faith fully accepts of Christ, I obtain 
the righteousness of Christ, and the forgiveness 
of all my sins. 

Rom. 3 : 24, 25. Being justified freely by his grace through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus : whom God hath set forth to be 
a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness 
for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of 
God. 

oi. How does faith make us holy ? 

Faith restores the image of God in us, so that we 
can have dominion over sin, and lead a holy life. 

2 Cor. 3 : 18. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass 
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory 
to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

Rom. 6 : 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye 
are not under the law, but under grace. 

92. Where did the Holy Spirit begin this sanctification in you ? 

The Holy Spirit began this sanctification in me 
in holy Baptism. 

Titus 3 : 5, 6. According to his mercy he saved us, by the wash- 
ing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; which he 
shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 

03. What has God promised unto you in holy Baptism ? 

God has promised unto me, and also granted, 
remission of sins, life and salvation. 

Acts 2 : 38. Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive 
the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

94. But what promise have you made to God? 

I have promised that I will renounce the devil, 
and all his works, and all his ways, and will be- 
lieve in God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

James 4: 7. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

Rom. 6 : 3,6. Know ye not, that so many of us as were bap- 
tized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Knowing 
this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin 
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 

Rev. 2: 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
the crown of life. 



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95. Through whom did you make this promise in holy Baptism. ? 

I made the promise in holy Baptism through 
my Sponsors. 

96. What persons should be chosen as Sponsors ? 

Godly Christians should be chosen as Sponsors, 
who keep their baptismal covenant themselves. 

Ps. 50: 16. But unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou to 
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant 
in thy mouth ? 

oj. What is the duty of Sponsors ? 

It is the duty of Sponsors to assist devoutly 
in Baptism, to exercise their faith, to pray for 
the children,- and to remind them diligently of 
their baptismal covenant. 

98. Are all baptized persons holy and godly ? 

No ; many fall from their baptismal covenant. 

90. How does a perso?i fall from his baptismal covenant ? 

Through wilful sins we fall from our baptis- 
mal covenant. 

Isa. 59 : 2. Your iniquities have separated between you and 
your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will 
not hear. 

100. What is a wilful sin f 

A sin which a person commits of his own will 
and purpose, is a wilful sin. 

101. By what means can such a wilful sinner be again sanctified ? 

Through the word of God we can again be 
sanctified. 

James 1 : 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity 
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, 
which is able to save your souls. 

102. What is the word of God ? 

The word of God is the whole Bible, or, the 
Holy Scriptures. 

103. What must he diligently hear and read, who desires to become 
righteous and holy again ? 

He who desires to become righteous, must 



52 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

hear and read the word of God diligently and 
devoutly. 

John 5 : 39. Search the Scriptures : for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. 

104. How may we hear the word of God in a truly devout manner f 

When, in connection with the word of God, 
we earnestly pray for the illumination of the 
Holy Ghost, we hear it in a truly devout manner. 

Eph. 1 : 16-18. Making mention of you in my prayers ; that 
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give 
unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of 
him : the eyes of your understanding being enlightened. 

105. What can we learn from the word of God ? 

We can learn from the word of God all that is 
necessary to our salvation. 

2 Tim. 3: 15. From a child thou hast known the holy scrip- 
tures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

106. What does the word of God reprove in us f 

The word of God reproves all our sins. 

Rom. 3 : 20. For by the law is the knowledge of sin. 
ioy. But to what does the word of God exhort us ? 

The word of God exhorts us unto repentance 
and conversion. 

108. Now, what is the way or order in which we can be saved f 

The only appointed order wherein salvation 
can be obtained, is true repentance, and, in par- 
ticular, faith in Christ. 

Acts 26 : 17, 18. Delivering thee from the Gentiles, unto whom 
now I send thee {the call), to open their eyes (illumination), and 
to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan 
unto God {regeneration and conversion), that they may receive for- 
giveness of sins {justification), and inheritance among them which 
are sanctified by faith in me {union with Christ, renovation, sanctifi- 
cation.) 

ioq. What is tepentance ? 

Repentance is a change of the heart and mind. 

Rom. 12: 2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what 
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 



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no. Of how many parts does repentance consist ? 

Repentance consists of two parts : Sorrow for 
sin, and faith in Christ. 

2 Cor. 7 : 10. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salva- 
tion not to be repented of. 

John 3 : 36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : 
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life. 

in. Of what must a person repent who desires to be converted? 

He who desires to be converted, must ac- 
knowledge all his sins, repent of them, and abhor 
them. 

1 John 1 : 8, 9. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all. 
unrighteousness. 

Rom. 12: 9. Abhor that which is evil. 

112. What does God work in a person who entertains true sorrow, 
a?id is distressed on account of his sins ? 

When a person is greatly distressed on account 
of his sins, God works faith in him. 

Ps. 51 : 17. A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt 
not despise. 

Acts 16 : 29-31. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and 
came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, . • . and said, 
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the 
Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 

iij. In whom especially ought we to believe ? 

We must believe in Jesus Christ our only Re- 
deemer. 

Acts 4 : 12. Neither is there salvation in any other : for there 
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we 
must be saved. 

114. But is that a genuine faith, when a person boldly and with- 
out heart-felt sorrow, says : " I find my comfort in my blessed Lord 
Jesus Christ?" 

No; where there is no heart-felt sorrow, there no 
true faith is found. Matt. 27: 3-5 (the case of Judas). 

115. But when do we exercise a genuine faith in Christ ? 

We exercise a genuine faith in Christ when we 
tremble on account of our sins, regard them as 

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54 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

very great, and rejoice and find comfort in the 
Lord Jesus Christ alone. 

Phil. 3 : 8-10. I count all things but loss for the excellency of 
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : . . . that I may win 
Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, 
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, 
the righteousness which is of God by faith : that I may know him, 
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his suffer- 
ings, being made conformable unto his death. 

116. What is true faith ? 

True faith is a firm reliance on the grace of 
God in Christ, and is wrought by the Holy Spirit. 

117. What must follow a genuine repentance ? 

The reformation of the life must follow re- 
pentance. 

Matt. 3 : 8. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. 
j 18. In what does the reformation of the life consist ? 

The reformation of the life consists in following 
Christ. 

Matt. 16 : 24. If any man will come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 
iiq. What is meant by "following Christ" f 

I follow Christ when I deny ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, and lead a sober, righteous, 
and godly life in this present world. Tit. 2: 12. 

120. Do all wilful sinners repent ? 

No ; numbers remain impenitent in their sins. 

121. What different classes of men are therefore found? 

Two classes: some repent, and are righteous; 
but numbers live without repentance, and are 
ungodly. 

j 22. Cannot, then, the ungodly do any good works f 

No ; he who has no faith, can do no good thing. 

Heb. 11 : 6. Without faith it is impossible to please him. 
J2j. Can believers do good works ? 

Yes ; believers strive to become daily more godly. 

2 Cor. 7:1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the 
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 



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124. But can believers live entirely without sin ? 

No; believers still commit daily many sins 
through infirmity. 

James 3 : 2. For in many things we offend all. 

125. What is a sin of infirmity ? 

When a believer commits a sin through 
ignorance or precipitation, it is called a sin of 
infirmity. 

126. What conduct does a believer observe when he has sinned 
throtigh infirmity ? 

A believer sincerely repents of the sins 
which he has committed, and beseeches God to 
forgive him. 

1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

127. Does God forgive the sins of believers ? 

Yes; as long as a believer does not sin wilfully, 
he receives of God forgiveness, i John 2: 1. 

128. What should we daily do, in order that we may not fall 
back into wilful sins ? 

We should daily watch and pray. 

Matt. 26 : 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempta- 
tion : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

12Q. In what manner does a believer watch ? 

A believer watches over himself, when he pays 
attention to all his thoughts, looks, words, 
and actions. 

1 jo. But what is prayer ? 

Prayer is a conversation with God. 

iji. How can we converse with God in heaven ? 

We can converse with God by means of prayer. 

Ps. 18 : 6. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto 
my God : He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came 
before him, even into his ears. 

132. But how does God converse with us ? 

God converses with us by means of the Word 
of God. 



56 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

133. What prayer did the Lord Jesus Christ teach us ? 

The Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us the 
Lord's Prayer. Luke 11 : 1-4; Matt. 6: 9-13. 

134. Who can pray to God in an acceptable manner? 

Every believer, and therefore a godly child 
also, can pray to God in an acceptable manner. 

John 9 : 31. Now we know that God heareth not sinners : but if 
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 

135. For whom ought we to pray f 

We ought to pray for ourselves, and for all 
believers, and, indeed, for all men. 

1 Tim. 2:1. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men. 

136. How ought we to pray ? 

We should pray in the name of Jesus Christ, 
with all trust and confidence, even as beloved 
children address their beloved father. 

John 16 : 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : 
ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 

Matt. 7 : 11. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which 
is in heaven give good things to them that ask him. 

137. For what things ought we to pray ? 

We ought to pray for spiritual things princi- 
pally, then for temporal things also. 

Matt. 6 : 33. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

138. Where ought we to pray ? 

We can and ought to pray everywhere. 

1 Tim. 2:8. I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting 
up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 

13Q. When ought we to pray ? 

We ought to pray at all times with the heart, 
but also at certain times with the lips. 

1 Thess. 5 : 17. Pray without ceasing. 
140. Does God also hear our prayers f 

Yes; when the righteous cry to him, the 
Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their 
troubles. 



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Ps. 34 : 15, 17. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 
and his ears are open unto their cry : the Lord heareth, and deliv- 
ered! them out of all their troubles. 

141. How can we pray to God at all times ? 

When we have God before our eyes in our 
daily occupations, we pray at all times. 

Gen. 17: 1. I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be 
thou perfect. 

142. What further means for strengthening the faith of believers 
has Christ instituted ? 

Christ instituted the Holy Supper in order to 
strengthen our faith. 

143- What does the Lord Jesus Christ give you in the Holy 
Supper ? 

The Lord Jesus Christ gives me his body and 
his blood in the Holy Supper. 

John 6 : 54. Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood 
hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. 

144. With what do you receive the body of Christ ? 

I receive the body of Christ with the bread. 

1 Cor. 10 : 16. The bread which we break, is it not the commu- 
nion of the body of Christ ? 

145. When do you receive the blood of Christ ? 

I receive the blood of Christ with the 
wine. 

1 Cor. 10 : 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not 
the communion of the blood of Christ ? 

146. What persons ought to partake of the Lord's Supper? 

Believers alone should partake of the Lord's 
Supper. 

1 Cor. 11 : 24, 25. This do in remembrance of me. 

147. What ought a believer to do, when he partakes of the Lord's 
Supper ? 

A believer must examine his life, wherein so 
, many errors still occur, beseech God to forgive 
him, and reform. 

1 Cor. 11 : 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him 
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 



58 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

148. Should, then, an ungodly person not partake of the Lord's 
Supper ? 

An ungodly person cannot partake of the 
Lord's Supper in a worthy manner, before repent- 
ance begins. 

Matt. 7 : 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their 
feet, and turn again and rend you. 

14Q. But is it necessary that a believer should ofte?z partake of 
the Lord's Supper? 

A believer should often partake of the Lord's 
Supper, in order that he may remain steadfast in 
righteousness. 

1 Cor. 11 : 26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 

1 Cor. 11 : 24, 25. This do in remembrance of me. 

ijo. But do believers, according to their godliness, always pros- 
per in this world ? 

No ; believers must enter into the kingdom 
of God through much sorrow and tribulation. 

2 Tim. 3 : 12. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus 
shall suffer persecution. 

151. How do the righteous fare among the ungodly ? 

The righteous are mocked and persecuted by 
the ungodly. 

John 15 : 19. If ye were of the world, the world would love 
its own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen 
you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 

152. What conduct should the righteous observe in their afflictions? 

The righteous ought to bear their afflictions 
with patience, and to love their enemies. 

James 1 : 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for 
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord 
hath promised to them that love him. 

Matt. 5 : 44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for 
them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. 

I 53- With what must believers daily contend ? 

Believers must daily contend with the devil, 
the world, and their own flesh. 



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Eph. 6 : 11. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be 
able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

1 John 5 : 4. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our 
faith. 

Gal. 5 : 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh 
with the affections and lusts. 

154. When will believers be delivered from all affliction ? 

Believers will be delivered from all affliction 
when they die. 

2 Tim. 4 : 18. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil 
work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom : to whom 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

I 55- Of what nature is the death of believers ? 

The death of believers is a happy death. 

Phil. 1 : 23, For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire 
to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better. 

156. WJiither does the soul of the believer go after death ? 

The soul of the believer goes to God in heaven. 

Z57. But does the body remain dead in the grave ? 

No ; the body of the believer will hereafter 
rise from the grave as a glorious body. 

Phil. 3 : 20, 21. The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile 
body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body. 

1 Cor. 15: 42. It is sown in corruption ; it is raised inincorrup- 
tion. It is sown in dishonor ; it is raised in glory. 

158. Who will raise up the dead ? 

Christ will raise up all the dead at the last day. 

John 5 : 28, 29. Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in 
the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
come forth: they that have done good, unto the resurrection of 
life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of dam- 
nation. 

7-59. Is the death of the ungodly also a happy death ? 

No ; the death of the ungodly is an unhappy 
death, even when it seems to be very peaceful. 

160. But if an ungodly person diligently prays before his death, 
and receives the Lord's Supper, is not assuredly his death happy ? 

If an ungodly person does not sincerely repent 
before his death, neither external prayer, nor the 
Lord's Supper, will profit him. 



60 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER* S SMALL CATECHISM. 

Matt. 7 : 21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doe th the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. 

161. Will the ungodly also rise from their graves at the last day ? 

Yes ; the ungodly will also be raised up. John 
5 : 28, 29. 

162. Will each soul be again united with its body ? 

Yes ; the souls both of the righteous and of 
the wicked will be again united with their bodies. 

i6j. What will be pronounced at the last day ? 

Christ will pronounce judgment in the case of 
every person. 

2 Cor. 5 : 10. For we must all appear before tbe judgment 
seat of Christ ,• that every one may receive the things done in his 
body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 

164. With what words will he introduce the believers, after the 
reunion of soul and body, into glory ? 

" Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world." Matth. 25 : 34. 

165. With what words will he consign the ungodly to eternal 
damnation ? 

" Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting 
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." 
Matth. 25: 41. 

166. What will take place at the last day ? 

Heaven and earth will pass away in fire at the 
last day. 

2 Pet. 3 : 10. The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the 
night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great 
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also 
and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 

i6j. What will be the condition of men in eternity f 

The lost will suffer eternal punishment in hell; 
but the elect will see God and their Saviour, and 
enjoy eternal felicity. 

Matt. 25 : 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment : but the righteous into life eternal. 



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168. What lessons do you learn from such Christian doctrine? 

I will earnestly beseech God to enable me 
daily more and more to see the greatness of my 
sins and of the grace of Jesus Christ, and to 
preserve me, that I may not walk with this evil 
world, and with it be condemned, but pass my 
life in daily repentance and faith. 

I Pet. 4 : 1,2. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us 
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind : for he 
that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin ; that he no 
longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of 
men, but to the will of God. 

i6g. WJiat is, in that case, your consolation f 

If I pass my life in repentance and faith, I am 
a child of God, I have forgiveness of my sins, I 
shall have a happy death, and shall obtain eter- 
nal life. 

Rom. 8: 16, 17. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our 
spirit, that we are the children of God ; and if children, then heirs ; 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer 
with him, that we may be also glorified together. 



II. ORDER OF SALVATION; 

Or, the Doctrines of the Christian Religion systematically 
arranged, in two parts. 



THE FIRST PART. 
Of God. 



I. The knowledge of God we derive — 

1. Partly, in a natural way , which may be either 

a) innate^ impressed upon the minds of men through certain 
principles born within them (Rom. i: 19; 2: 14, 15); 

b) or acquired, by the use of reason alone, from the contem- 
plation of the divine works and ways (Ps. 19: 1; Rom. 
1 : 20; Acts 17: 27). 

2. Principally, in a supernatural way, from the written, divine 
revelation contained in the Holy Scriptures (John 20: 31 ; 2 
Tim. 3: 14-17). 

II. In the presentation of the doctrine concerning 
God, we may treat of 

1. The Divine Existence; 

2. The Divine Names ; 

3. The Divine Attributes ; 

a) Attributes of Divine Essence. 

1. Unity; Deut. 6:4; Mark 12: 29. 

2. Simplicity, Ex. 3 : 14. 

3. Spirituality, John 4 : 24 ; Ps. 139 : 7. 

4. Immortality, John 5: 26; 1 Tim. 6: 16. 

5. Infinity, Ps. 145 : 3. 

6. Immensity, Jer. 23: 24; 1 Kings 8: 27. 

7. Eternity, Ps. 90: 2; 1 Tim. 1 : 17. 

8. Immutability, Ps. 102 : 26, 27 ; James 1 : 17. 

9. Omnipresence, Ps. 139 : 7-12 ; Acts 17 : 27, 28. 
10. Incomprehensibility, Rom. 11 : 33-36. 

n. Goodness, Matt. 5 : 48 ; Luke 18 : 19. 
12. Glory, Ps. 104: 1. 

b) Attributes of Divine Knowledge. 

1. Wisdom, Rom. 11 : 33-36; Isa. 40: 13, 14. 

2. Omniscience, Ps. 139: 1-6; Heb. 4: 13. 

c) Attributes of the Divine Will. 

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\ I. Omnipotence, Eph. 3 : 20, 21 ; Matt. 19 : 26. 

2. Truth, Rom. 3 : 3, 4; 2 Tim. 2 : 13. 

3. Holiness, 1 Pet. 1 : 15, 16 ; 1 John 1 : 5-7. 

4. Justice, Rom. 2 : 6 ; 1 Cor. 4 ; 5. 

5. Love. 

ad) Grace, Rom. 3 : 24. 
bb ) Philanthropy, Tit. 3 : 4. 
cc ) Mercy, Luke 1 : 72. 
dd) Longsuffering, Rom. 9 : 22. 
ee ) Forbearance, Rom. 3 ; 25. 
ff) The goodness of God, Rom. 11 : 22. 

4. The Divine Persons, Trinity in Unity. The doctrine of the 
Trinity is proved : 

a) From the manifestation of the three persons of the God- 
head, at the Baptism of Christ, Matt. 3 : 16, 17. 

b) From the solemn formula of Baptism given by Christ, Matt. 
28 : 19. 

c) From the solemn form of Blessing, 

1. In the Old Testament, Num. 6 : 24-26. 

2. In the New Testament, 2 Cor. 13 : 14. 

5. The Divine Works. 

a) Creation; inasmuch as God made all things, visible and 
invisible, in six days. Ps. 33 : 6. 

1. Of visible works, the most eminent are human beings, of 
whom Adam and Eve were the first. Gen. 1 : 27. 

2. Of invisible works, the most eminent are the angels ; 
who now constitute two classes : — 

ad) The good angels are holy and blessed spirits. Heb, 

1: 14. 
bb) The evil angels are the devils. 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6. 
3) Providence. 

1. Preserving, Ps. 3^ : 6. 

2. Co-operating, Acts 17: 27, 28 ; Col. 1 : 17. 

3. Governing, Jer. 10 : 23 ; Prov. 16 : 9. 

THE SECOND PART. 

Of Man. 

Man is to be considered in four states : — 
I. The state of Innocence ; wherein man was 

created without sin, in the image of God. 

Gen. 1 : 26, 27 ; Eph. 4 : 24; Col. 3 : 10. 
II. The state of Sin; wherein man, through 

Adam's fall, became subject to sin and death. 

Rom. 5:12. 



64 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

. i. The Fall of Adam consisted in man's turning away his heart 
from God to Satan. Rom. 5 : 10. 

2. Sin is transgression, or all that is against the commandment 
of God (1 John 3 : 4), and is two-fold: — 

a) Original Sin, which we inherit from our first parents. Ps. 
51:5; Rom. 7 : 18, 23 ; John 3:6; Eph. 2 : 3. 

b) Actual Sins, which we ourselves commit. James 1 : 14, 
15 ; 1 John 5 : 16. 

3. We do not retain sufficient ability to gain eternal life our- 
selves. 1 Cor. 2 : 14. 

III. The state of Grace ; wherein man is delivered 
from his sins, and renewed after the image 
of God. Here four points are to be consid- 
ered : — 

1. The origin of grace is in God the Father, who has already 
from eternity chosen man. Eph. 1 : 4, 6. 

2. The acquisition of grace is by God the Son. 

a) The names of the Redeemer. 

1. Jesus, Saviour ; Matt. 1 : 21. 

2. Christ, Messiah, the anointed, John 1 : 41. 

b) His natures. 

1. Divine. 

The Deity of the Sonis proved, because to him are ascribed, 
aa) Divine Names, 1 John 5 : 20 ; Tit. 2:13; Rom. 9 : 5. 
bb) Divine Attributes, Heb. 13 : 8 ; Matt. 18 ; 20; John 

10: 28. 
cc) Divine Works, John 1 : 3 ; 1 Cor. 8:6; John 6: 39, 40. 
dd) Divine Worship and honor, John 5 : 23 ; Phil. 2 : 10. 

2. Human, John 1:14; Heb. 2 : 14. 

c) His offices. In general, Mediator (1 Tim. 2: 5). 

In particular : 

1. The Prophetic Office; our teacher, John 1 : 17, 18. 

2. The Priestly Office ; our high priest, Heb. 7 : 24-26. 
aa) Atonement, 1 John 2 : 2. 

1) Active obedience, Gal. 4 : 4, 5 ; Matt. 5 : 17. 

2) Passive obedience. Gal. 3 : 13 ; 1 Pet. 2: 24. 
bb) Intercession, Rom. 8 : 34. 

3. The Kingly Office, Luke 1 : 32, 33. 
As ruling 

aa) In the Kingdom of power, over all creatures, Ps. 

8:6; Eph. 1 : 21. 
bb) In the Kingdom of grace, over the righteous on 

earth, Matt. 16: 18 ; 28 : 20; Tit. 3:5. 
cc) In the Kingdom of glory, over the saints in heaven, 

John 17 : 24 ; Matt. 25 : 34. 

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1. The state of humiliation, Phil. 2 : 5-8. 
aa) His birth, Luke 2 : 7. 

bb) Education, Luke 2: 51, 52. 
cc ) Sufferings, Luke 24 : 46. 
dd) Death, Luke 23 : 46. 
** ) Burial, John 19 : 41, 42. 

2. The state of exaltation. Phil. 2: 9-1 1. 

aa) Descent into hell, 1 Pet. 3 : 18-eo ; 4 : 6 ; Eph. 4 : 9. 
££) His resurrection, Mark 16: 6; Acts 2: 27-31. 
cc ) Ascension to heaven, Luke 24: 51 ; 'Eph. 4: 8. 
dd) Sitting at the right hand of God, Mark 16 : 19. 
ec ) Second coming. Matt. 25 : 31, 32. 
The Application of grace is made by the Holy Spirit. 

a) His Name : Holy Ghost. 

b) His Deity. Proved because to him are ascribed 

aa) Divine Names. 2 Sam. 23 : 2 ; Acts 5 : 3,4; 

2 Cor. 3 : 17. 
bb ) Divine Attributes, Heb. 9 : 14 ; 1 Cor. 2 : 10-12. 
cc ) Divine Works, Acts 10 : 38. 
dd) Divine Worship, Matt. 28 : 19. 

c) The works of grace are : — 

aa) Calling [or vocation] ; when God calls us to him- 
self through his Word. 1 Pet. 2:911 Tim. 2:4; 
Matt. 28 : 19. 

bb ) Illumination ; when God takes away the darkness 
of the understanding, and enkindles the light of faith. 
2 Cor. 4 : 6. 

cc) Regeneration; when God transforms us into new 
creatures, and adopts us as his children. 1 Pet. 1 : 
3,4; John 5: 18; John 3: 3, 5. 

dd) Justificatio?i ; when God, for Christ's sake, forgives 
our sins. Rom. 3 : 24, 25. 

ee) Union with God ; when God unites himself spiri- 
tually with the believer. John 15 : 1-5 ; 1 John 
4: 12. 

ff ) Renewal and Sanctification ; when God strengthens 
our faith, so that we continually depart further from 
that which is evil, and do that which is good. Eph. 
4 : 22-24 J I Thess. 5 : 23-24. 

d) The Means of grace are : — 

aa) The Word of God, or the Holy Scriptures. 2 Tim. 

3: 15-17. 

1) The Law. Gal. 3 : 19, 21. 

2) The Gospel. Rom. 1 : 16, 17. 

3) The Power of the Keys. Matt. 16 : 19 ; John 
20 : 23. 

bb ) The Sacraments of the New Testament which are : 
1) Holy Baptism. Mark 16 : 16. 

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66 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

Here are considered : 

i. The nature of Baptism (definition), together with the lead- 
ing proof. Matt. 28 : 19. 

2. The benefits : remission of sins, Acts 22 : 16 ; redemption, 
Rom. 6:3; salvation, 1 Pet. 3 : 21. 

3. The essential things in Baptism : 

a) The Word of God. 

b) Faith. Acts 8 : 37. 

4. The signification : 

a) Destruction of the old man. Rom. 6 : 6. 

b) Resurrection of the new man. Eph. 4 : 24. 
2) The Holy Supper of the Lord. 

Here are considered : 

1. The nature of the Lord's Supper (definition), together with 
the words of the institution, as the leading proof. Matt. 26 : 
26-28 ; 1 Cor. 11 : 23-25. 

2. The benefits : remission of sins ; life and salvation. 

3. The essential things in the Sacrament : 

a) Bodily eating and drinking. 

b) Faith and application 1o ourselves. 1 Cor. 11 : 26. 

4. Partaking in a worthy manner. 1 Cor. 11 : 29. 

a) Outward preparation. 1 Cor. 14 : 40. 

b) Inward adorning. 2 Tim. 2: 22. 

4. The acceptance of grace, is on the part of man. 

a) The order [or method] in which, according to the divine 
will, grace is to be accepted is : Repentance or conversion 
to God. Acts 26 : 18. 

aa) Repentance or conversion is a change of the mind 

and heart. Rom. 12 : 2. 
bb ) The parts of repentance are : — 

1. Sorrow for sin. 2 Cor. 7: 10, 11. 

2. Faith in Christ. John 5 : 24; Heb. 11 : 1. 

cc ) The fruits of repentance are good works. Eph. 
2: 10. 

This comprehends the keeping of the Ten Com- 
mandments. 

A. Of Love to God. 

Here are considered the following points : — 
I. The First Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : idolatry, as well 

a) Gross, Exod. 20 : 4, 5, as also 

b) Subtile, Ezek. 14 : 3 ; Phil. 3 : 19 ; Eph. 5 : 5. 

2. A command : the worship of the only true God, 
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b) By love. Matt. 22 : 37, 38. 

c) By trusting in him. Isa. 26 : 4. 

II. The Second Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : unlawful oaths ; 

a) False oaths (perjury) in a court of justice, and elsewhere. 
Lev. 19: 12. 

b) Wanton oaths (profanity) in common affairs. Matt. 5 : 34. 

2. A command : the solemn use of the name of God. 

a) In (lawful) oaths. Deut. 6 : 13. 

b) In our daily walk ; to avoid taking it in vain. 

c) In public worship ; devoutness. 

3. A motive. Lev. 24 : 16. 

III. The Third Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : neglecting to keep the Sabbath day holy, 

a) By the transaction of business. Jer. 17 : 22. 

b) By sin and luxury. 

c) By forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. Heb. 
10: 25. 

2. A command: the proper employment of the Sabbath-day, 

a) By practising the duty of love to those who labor, and 
granting them rest also. Exod. 20 : 10. 

b) By diligently praising God. Col. 3 : 16. 

c) By uniting with the people of God. Lev. 23 : 3. 

d) By the study of Christian doctrine. Mark 6: 2. 

B. Of Love to our Neighbour, 

Here are considered the following points : — 
I. The Fourth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : disrespect to parents, 
a) By disobedience. 

b ) By shameful words. 
c ) By unkind actions. 

2. A command: duties towards parents; 

a) Persons to whom we owe duties, 

aa) In the family; our own parents, and those who 

occupy their place. 
bb) Teachers, pastors, and instructors. Heb. 13 : 17. 
cc) Magistrates, rulers. Rom. 13: 1. 

b) The duties : 

aa) Subjection and obedience. 1 Pet. 2: 13. 

bb) Respect. Mai. 1: 6. 

cc ) Rendering to all their dues. Rom. 13 : 7. 

3. A promise : as an inducement thereto — 

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II. The Fifth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : to kill, 

a) In a gross manner. Rev. 21 : 8. 

b) In a subtile manner, 

aa) Bywords. Jer. 18 : 18. 
bb) In the heart. 1 John 3 : 15. 

2. A command : love, and readiness to oblige our neighbour, 
a) By sustaining life. Isa. 58 : 7. 

b ) By preserving life. Prov. 24 : 11. 

III. The Sixth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : adultery ; 

a) In a gross manner. Lev. 20 : 10. 

aa) When unmarried ; to usurp the rights of marriage. 

Gen. 34: 2. 
bb) In married life. 

b) In a subtile manner. Matth. 5 : 28. 

2. A command : chastity ; 

a) Exercising chastity. 

b ) Continuing chastity, by avoiding allurements to the oppo- 
site thereof; to which belongs trte following: 

aa) Not to give offence. 
bb ) Not to take offence. 

c) Sustaining chastity, by prayer, temperance, and meditations 
on the sufferings of Christ. 

IV. The Seventh Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : stealing; 

a) In a gross manner. 

b ) In a subtile manner ; whereto belong — 

aa) Avarice. Luke 12 : 15 ; 1 Tim. 6 : 10. 

bb ) Fraud. Micah 2 : 1 ; 6 : 12. 

cc) Sloth. 2 Thess. 3 : 10, 11. 

dd) Inhumanity. 

ee ) Prodigality. Luke 16 : 19, 25. 

2. A command: honesty— the state wherein dependence maybe 
placed on a man's acts. Ps. 37 : 3 ; 1 Thess. 4 : 11. 

V. The Eighth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : false witness, 

a) In a court of justice. 1 Kings 21 : 13. 

b) Elsewhere, as — 

aa) Deceitfulness. Ps. 109 : 2. 

bb) Slander. Prov. 4: 24; James 4: 11. 

cc) Lies, generally. Eph. 4: 25. 

2. A command : veracity— the state wherein dependence may 
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VI. The Ninth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition : dishonestly gaining the inheritance of another, 

a) By force. 1 Kings 21 : 16. 

b ) By fraud. 

2. A command : integrity. 

VII. The Tenth Commandment contains 

1. A prohibition: inward desire for the property of another ; 

a) Distrusting Divine Providence. 

b) Uncharitableness and envy. 

2. A command: suppression of inherited lust. James 1 : 14, 15. 
Remarkable character of this command. Rom. 7 : 7. 

The blindness of mere reason in this respect. 

aa) The auxiliary means (or aids) to repentance are, 
among others, the cross and prayer. 

1) The cross is all manner of affliction which God lays upon his 
children for their good. Matth. 10 : 38 ; 1 Pet. 4:12. 

2) Prayer is a conversation of the heart with God through which 
we entreat God to grant us all grace and strength. Matt. 
6: 6; 7: 7,8. 

Here we may consider : 

1. How? 

a) In spirit and in truth. John 4 : 24. 

aa) Without vain show. Matt. 6 : 5,6. 

bb) Without vain repetitions. Matt. 6 : 7, 8. 

b) In all reverence and humility of body and soul. Heb. 12 : 28. 

c) " According to the will of God." 1 John 5 : 14, 15. 

d) In the name of Jesus Christ. John 14: 13, 14. 

e) Without fainting. Luke 18 : 1-8; 11: 5-8. 

2. When? 

a) In the heart, at all times. Eph. 6 : 18. 

b) By mouth, daily. Ps. 55 : 17 ; Dan. 6 : 10. 

3. Where? 

a) In every place. 1 Tim. 2 : 8. 

b) In private. Matt. 6 : 6. 

c) In the church. Acts 3:1. Ps. 22 : 25. 

4. The Lord's Prayer. 

In which the following points occur : 

1. An address to God : u Our Father," &c. 

2. Seven petitions : of which the subjects are : — 

a) The glorification of the name of God through those who 
call themselves after it. 1 Pet. 1 : 4-17. 

b) The spreading of the Gospel. Matt. 9 : 38. 

c) The performance of the divine will. 

d) Our bodily support. 

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f) The averting from us of temptation. 

g) Deliverance from evil. 

3. Conclusion : a doxology, the language of faith. 
b) The Persons who accept of such grace are : — 
The Christian Church. 1 Pet. 2 : 9. See page 66. 

Therein there are three states of chief import- 
ance, namely : 

a) The ministry (of the Word). 1 Pet. 5: 1-4; Heb. 13 : 17. 

b) The secular power (government — its claims, duties, &c). 
Rom. 13 : 1-7. 

c) The family (religious character of its members). Eph. 5 : 
27; 6: 1-9. 

IV. The state of Glory ; wherein man is deliv- 
ered from all evil, and has obtained eternal 
salvation. 

1. The last four things which precede it are : — 

a) Death. Eccles. 12 : 7 ; Rom. 5 : 12. 

b) The resurrection of the dead. John 5: 28, 29. 

c) The last judgment. 2 Cor. 5 : 10. 

d) The end of the world. 2 Pet. 3 : 7, 10 ; Matt. 24 : 35. 

2. The glory itself is — Eternal life. 1 John 3 : 1, 2 ; 1 Cor. 15 ; 
42-48, 53 ; Heb. 12 : 23. 

3. The opposite thereof is — Eternal death. 

Matt. 25 : 46 ; Rev. 20 ; 15. 



III. EXAMINATION OF CATECHUMENS ; 

PRECEDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RITE OF 
CONFIRMATION. 

In Questions and Answers. 



i. What should be our chief concern in this life ? 

That we may possess a well-founded hope of 
eternal life ; even as Christ says : " Seek ye first 
the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and 
all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 
6: 33- 

2. Cannot every one possess such a hope f 

No one can, except a true Christian, according 
to the declaration of Christ : " Not every one 
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into 
the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven." Matt. 7 : 21. 

j. What then are you f 

I am a Christian. 

4. By what do we become Christians f 

Not by natural descent from Christians, nor by 
external communion with Christians, but by faith 
in Christ, and by being baptized into Christ. 

Gal. 3 : 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ have put on Christ. 

5. Were you then baptized in your childhood f 

Yes ; I was baptized in the name of God, the 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Praise and thanks be 

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given, now and forever, to the Holy Triune God, 
for this unspeakable mercy. 

6. What is Baptism ? 

Baptism is a holy Sacrament, and a divine sign 
by which God the Father, together with the Son 
and the Holy Ghost, testifies that he will be a 
gracious God to the baptized person, that he for- 
gives all his sins through grace alone, for Christ's 
sake, and that he adopts him as a child and an 
heir of all heavenly blessings. 

7. With what were you baptized f 

With water and the Spirit ; according to the 
words of Christ: ''Except a man be born of 
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God." John 3: 5. 

8. What benefits do we derive from Baptism- f 

It gives us assurance of the grace of God, of 
the remission of sins, of adoption as the children 
of God, and of the inheritance of eternal life : — 
" According to his mercy he saved us, by the 
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being 
justified by his grace, we should be made heirs, 
according to the hope of eternal life." Tit. 3 : 5-7. 

9. How does the Word of God describe Baptism ? 

As the answer (or engagement) of a good con- 
science toward God. 1 Pet. 3 : 21. 

10. Did God make a covenant 7vith you in holy Baptism f 

Yes ; for He, the great God, has promised to 
be my gracious God and Father ; and I have re- 
nounced the devil and all his works and ways, 
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all sinful lusts of the flesh, and have, on the other 
hand, engaged to serve God and my Lord Jesus 
all my life. 

//. What does this baptismal covenant therefore require of you ? 

Eternal filial faithfulness, even as God also, 
according to the same covenant, will remain faith- 
ful to me eternally, and strictly fulfil all his 
promises; I should hence most devoutly renew 
this covenant daily, and especially at those times 
when I receive the Lord's Supper, examine and 
regulate my life according to the covenant, and, 
in particular, renounce all those sins to which, 
above others, I am inclined. 

12. As you have made mention of faith besides Baptism, what 
does the expression u to believe in God " mean f 

To know and acknowledge God, to accept of 
his Word, and to put all our trust in him. 

13. Who is God, in whom we must believe ? 

God is an uncreated, spiritual Being, eternal, 
almighty, omnipresent, omniscient, righteous, 
holy, true, good, and merciful. 

14 Are there more Gods than one ? 

No; there is but one God. — " Hear, O Israel: 
The Lord our God is one Lord." Deut. 6:4; 
Mark 12 : 29. 

15. But how many Persons are there in one Godhead? 

Three; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
all. John 14: 16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter. 

16. What, are the words of the Ci'eed respecting the first Person 
in the Godhead, namely, God the Father ? 

" I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth." 
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ij. Did God immediately in the beginning create man also f 

Yes ; " God created man in his own image, in 
the image of God created he him." Gen. 1 : 2J \ 

18. Do we still retain this image of God ? 

No ; we have unhappily lost it through the 
shameful fall of man. 

iq. To what have we become subject through this shameful fall of 
man f 

We have become subject to sin, and, through 
sin, to»the wrath of God, and have come into the 
power of the devil, of death, and of hell. — " By 
one man sin entered into the world, and death by 
sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that 
all have sinned." Rom. 5 : 12. 

20. What is sin ? 

Sin is unrighteousness, or the transgression of 
the law. 1 John 3 : 4. 

2T. How are sins divided? 

Into two kinds: Original Sin, and Actual Sins. 

22.. What is Original Si?i f 

The inbred corruption of human nature, and 
inbred lust after that which is evil. — "Behold, I 
was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother 
conceive me." Ps. 51: 5. 

23. And what are Actual Si??s f 

All those that proceed from Original Sin, 
whether they are inward thoughts and desires, or 
outward looks, words, and actions. — " Out of the 
heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies." 
Matt. 15: 19. 

24. Is the omission of that which is good also a sin ? 

It is certainly a sin, because God requires us 
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do that which is good. — " To him that knoweth 
to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." 
James 4: 17. 

^5. How may Actual Sins be divided f 

Into, first, sins of infirmity; and, secondly, 
wilful sins. 

26. What is a sin of hifirmity f 

When a believing Christian is overtaken in a 
fault (Gal. 6: 1), not purposely and wantonly, but 
through ignorance or inconsiderateness, and im- 
mediately repents of it and avoids it. 

27. And what is a wilful sin ? 

When a person does evil knowingly and pur- 
posely; he knows it to be unrighteous, and 
nevertheless does it. 

28. What do we deserve on account of such sins ? 

We deserve the wrath and the displeasure of 
God, and, together with all manner of temporal 
punishments, the eternal damnation of hell also. 
— "The wages of sin is death." Rom. 6: 23. 

2Q. Who has delivered us from this lamentable condition ? 

Jesus Christ, who gave himself a ransom for 
all. 1 Tim. 2: 6* 

jo. W7w is Jesus Christ ? 

He is true God and true man in one undivided 
Person. 

31. What are the words of the Creed rejecting Jesus Christ? 

"I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son, our 
Lord ; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius 
Pilate, Was crucified, dead and buried ; He de- 
scended into hell ; The third day He rose again 
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76 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Al- 
mighty; From thence He shall come to judge 
the quick and the dead." 

32. How do you prove that jfesus Christ is true God, begotten of 
the Father from eternity ? 

From the plain testimony of the Holy Scrip- 
tures, in which he is not only called "the only- 
begotten Son" of God (John 3: 16), and "his 
own Son" (Rom. 8: 32), but also declared to be 
"over all, God blessed for ever" (Rom. 9: 5), 
and " the true God, and eternal life." 1 John 5 : 20. 

33. What did the Son of God, jfesus Christ, do or suffer for you, 
as the reason for which you call hi?n your Redeemer ? 

He fulfilled the whole law for me, in the first 
place; and then, he suffered death and torture on 
the cross for me. — " He was delivered," as St. 
Paul says, "for our offences, and was raised again 
for our justification." Rom. 4: 25. 

34. What did Christ merit for you by his obedience and sufferings ? 

Through his merits all my sins are remitted, of 
grace, for his sake, and God will both look on 
me as on one that is devout and righteous, adopt- 
ing me as his beloved child, and will also grant 
unto me eternal salvation. 

35. In what way can you participate in the merits of Christ ? 

By a true and living faith. 

Phil. 3 : 9. And be found in him, not having mine own right- 
eousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of 
Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. 

36. What is meant by such a true faith ? 

It is sincere trust or confidence in God, that, of 
his grace, and for the sake of the merits of Christ, 
he will have mercy on me. adopt me as his child, 
and grant unto me eternal salvation, according to 
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world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life/* John 3: 16. 

37. But can you of yoztrself, and by your own strength) believe in 
yesus Christ f 

No: it is not in the power of any one to do 
this; "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, 
but by the Holy Ghost" I Cor. 12: 3/ 

38. What are the words of the Creed respecting the Holy Ghost ? 

" I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The holy Chris- 
tian Church, the Communion of Saints ; The For- 
giveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; 
and the Life everlasting." 

30. Do you then believe in the Holy Ghost as also true God ? 

Yes, in truth; for in the Holy Scriptures divine 
names, attributes, works, and worship, are assigned 
to him. 

40. If you believe with the heart this confession now made by you 
with the mouth , what benefit do you then derive from this faith ? 

I derive this benefit, that through such faith, 
for the sake of Jesus Christ, I appear righteous 
and holy before God, and the Holy Ghost is 
given to me, so that I can pray, address God as 
my Father, and regulate my life according to his 
commandments. 

Rom. 10 : 10. For with the neart man believeth unto righteous- 
ness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

41. What is, therefore, the direct benefit which you derive from 
your faith f 

My justification; God, namely, forgives my 
sins, imputes to me the righteousness of Christ, 
and for the sake of it, gives me the assurance of 
all grace. 

42. Does faith effect also your sanctifi cation and renewal? 

Yes; for through faith the Holy Ghost is 

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given unto me more and more abundantly, so that I 
can pray in a childlike spirit, and lead a godly life. 

4J. What is prayer ? 

Prayer is the invocation of God, in reference 
either to the giving unto us of that which is 
good, or to the averting from us of that which is 
evil, both in our temporal and in our spiritual 
affairs. 

44. Which is the best, most perfect, and most beautiful of all 
prayers ? 

The prayer which Christ himself taught us, 
and which is the following: "Our Father, who 
art in heaven; Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy 
kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it 
is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; 
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive 
those who trespass against us; And lead us not 
into temptation; But deliver us from evil; For 
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen." 

45: How ought we to pray ? 

Devoutly, as in the presence of God, in peni- 
tence and humility; observing also a becoming 
demeanor ; with true faith ; and in the name of 
Jesus Christ. 

46. For what may we hope as the result of such a prayer? 

Our blessed Saviour says : " Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father in my name, he will give it you." John 
16: 23. 

47. But if a Christian desires to lead a godly life, according to 
what must he regulate his conduct f 

Not according to his own will and judgment, 
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but according to the will and commandment 
of God. 

48. Where has God set forth his will and commandment ? 

In his word, as it is contained in the writings 
of the Old and of the New Testament. 

4q. Which are the Ten Commandments therein written ? 

They are the following : — 

I. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have 
no other Gods before me. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 
image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven 
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is 
in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow 
down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the 
Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the ini- 
quity of the fathers upon the children unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 
and showing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me, and keep my commandments. 

II. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 

III. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it 
holy. 

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 
thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy 
stranger that is within thy gates : for in six days 
the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all 
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: 
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and 
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IV. Honor thy father and thy mother: that 
thy days may be long upon the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. 

V. Thou shalt not kill. 

VI. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

VII. Thou shalt not steal. 

VIII. Thou shalt not bear false witness against 
thy neighbor. 

IX. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, 
nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor 
his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

jo. What is, briefly, the substance of these Te?i Commandments ? 

Love to God, and love to our neighbor is there- 
in required. Matt. 22: 37-40. 

37. What is meant by love to God ? 

To love God is, to esteem God as the sovereign 
good, to cleave to him with all the heart, to com- 
mune at all times with him in our thoughts, to 
entertain strong desires for him, to find the high- 
est pleasure in him, and to promote his honor 
zealously. 

52. What is meant by love to our neighbor f 

To love our neighbor is, not only to act up- 
rightly towards him, to wish and desire his wel- 
fare cordially, to manifest friendship in words 
and acts, and promptly afford comfort, counsel, 
and active assistance, but also to bear patiently 
with his infirmities, and by gentle admonitions to 
labor for his spiritual welfare. 

jj. When you examine yourself according to the principles now 
stated, of what does your conscience convince you f 

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also well deserve of God temporal and eternal 
punishments. 

$4. Do you feel sorro7v on account of your sins ? 

Yes ; I sincerely grieve that I have sinned 
against God, and in so many ways, and so often 
offended and displeased, purposely and wilfully, 
Him who is my faithful Creator, Redeemer and 
Comforter. 

55. But can you be restored to the favor of your offended God ? 

Yes ; through true repentance and conversion. 

5<5. What is meant by repentance ? 

To repent is, to acknowledge our sins sincere- 
ly, to confess them before God, and also, in cer- 
tain cases, before men, to entertain sorrow on 
account of them, to hate and forsake them, to 
believe in Jesus Christ, and diligently labor to 
reform the life. 

37. In such a course, however, is it not necessary that your faith 
should receive more strength ? 

Yes ; for faith is sometimes strong and ener- 
getic, full of confidence and joy, and, at other 
times, weak and faint, and burdened with much 
doubt, fear, and despondency. 

58. Through what means is our faith most effectually strengthened 
in difficulties, and are we comforted in temptation ? 

Through the Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

5Q, What is the Lord's Supper ? 

The Lord's Supper is a holy Sacrament and 
divine sign, wherein Christ, being present, truly 
gives and extends to us his body and blood with 
the bread and wine, and thereby assures us that 
we have remission of sins and eternal life. 

60. What are the words cf the institution, from which in par- 
ticular the whole doctrine of the Lord's Supper is to be learned ? 

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which he was betrayed, took bread: and when he 
had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to the 
disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, 
which is given for you : this do, in remembrance 
of me. After the same manner also he took the 
cup, when he had supped, gave thanks, and gave 
it to them, saying, Drink* ye all of it : this cup is 
the new testament in my blood, which is shed for 
you, for the remission of sins : this do ye, as oft 
as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." 

61. What do you receive, and eat and drink, in the Lord's Supper? 

With the bread and wine I eat and drink the 
true body and the true blood of Jesus Christ, ac- 
cording to the words of St. Paul ; " The cup of 
blessing which we bless, is it not the communion 
of the blood of Christ ? The bread which we 
break, is it not the communion of the body of 
Christ ?" I Cor. 10 : 16. 

62. For whom was the Lord's Supper instituted 9 

For every Christian individually, who is capa- 
ble of examining himself — " Let a man examine 
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and 
drink of that cup." I Cor. 1 1 : 28. 

6j. What is meant by self-examination ? 

We examine ourselves when we search our 
own hearts and conscience, and diligently inquire 
into our repentance, faith, and new obedience. 

64. How do we inquire into our repentance ? 

When we search ourselves, whether we seri- 
ously perceive and acknowledge our sins, confess 
them before God, regard them with sincere peni- 
tence, abhor them, and mourn on account of them. 

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we know Jesus Christ aright, depend solely on 
his merits and grace, and, in particular, entertain 
right sentiments respecting the Lord's Supper. 

66. How do we inquire into our new obedience f 

When we closely investigate whether it is our 
serious purpose henceforward to hate and avoid 
sin, to live, on the contrary, in a manner well- 
pleasing to God, and to persevere, by the grace 
of God, in true love to God and to our neighbor. 

6y. What punishmefil must those apprehend, who partake of the 
Lord 's Supper unworthily and without self-examination ? 

The condemnation of God ; for St. Paul says : 
" He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth 
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discern- 
ing the Lord's body." I Cor. n : 29. 

68. What benefit, on the other hand, do you derive from the 
Lord's Supper, when you receive it with a penite?it heart ? 

It avails to strengthen my faith, to compose 
my conscience, to give me the certain assurance 
of the remission of my sins, and to aid me in the 
reformation of my life. 

69. How do we obtain ready access to the Lord's table ? 

Through the means of the ministerial office, to 
which the two-fold commission is given, to retain 
the sins of the impenitent, and to remit the sins 
of the penitent. 

yo. From whom did the office of the Christian ministry receive 
such spiritual commission ? 

From the Lord Jesus Christ, who said himself 
to his disciples : " Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever 
ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." 
Matth. 18: 18. And again the Lord Jesus says: 
" Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted 



84 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER* S SMALL CATECHISM. 

unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they 
are retained." John 20: 23. 

7/. What are the duties or obligations of all believing commmii- 
can'ts f 

We should remember the Lord Jesus Christ 
and his death, praise his holy name, and give 
him thanks in heart and life for all his mercies. 

1 Cor. 11 : 26. For as often as ye esft this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 

j 2. How may these things be stated more explieitly ? 

It is my duty when I receive the Lord's Sup- 
per, and also afterwards, to contemplate seriously 
the death of Christ on the cross, and carefully 
consider the greatness of the sorrows which the 
blessed Saviour endured when he blotted out my 
sins and the sins of the whole world, and gained 
salvation for me, by the sacrifice of his body and 
the sheddine of his blood. 



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7J>. What further results are derived from such contemplations ? 

Inasmuch as my sins occasioned the great 
agony and the cruel death of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, I should take no pleasure in sin, but earn- 
estly avoid and flee from it; further, as I belong 
to my Saviour and Redeemer, I should, to his 
honor alone, live, suffer, and die, in order that, in 
the hour of death, I may say with joy and hope: 
Lord Jesus ! I am thine in life, I am thine in suf- 
ferings, I am thine in death ; whether I live or 
die, I am thine; grant me, O Jesus, life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 

J 4. What is required of persons to be confirmed ? 

It is my duty to repent of all my past sins, and 
to ratify the vow made by my Sponsors at my 
Baptism. 



EXAMINATION OF CATECHUMENS. 85 

75. What is this Baptismal vow which you intend to ratify and 
confirm f 

I will confirm the promise and vow made in my 
name by my Sponsors. First, that I should re- 
nounce the Devil and all his works, the pomps 
and vanities of this wicked world, and all the 
sinful desires of the flesh. Secondly, that I 
should believe all the Articles of the Christian 
Faith. And thirdly, that with the assistance of 
the Holy Spirit, I should keep God's holy will 
and commandments, and walk in the same all the 
days of my life. 

76. What more particularly do you re?wunce, when you renou?zce 
the Devil and all his works f 

All lying, deceit, fraud, and insincerity; all 
tempting others to sin by corrupting words and 
deeds; all pride; all ridicule of religion or of 
holiness in others. 

7/T. What more particularly do you renounce when you renounce 
the pomps and va?iities of this wicked world f 

All worldly-mindedness and inordinate pursuit 
of riches, honor or pleasure; all waste of money, 
time and talents ; the abandonment of the habits 
and company of the wicked. 

78. What more particularly do you retiounce, when you renounce 
all the s'mful desires of the flesh ? 

All unchaste and indecent acts, words, 'desires, 
thoughts, and whatever tends to any of these 
things : — impure books, idleness, excess in eating 
and drinking ; all uncharitableness, hatred, strife, 
unkindness in deed and word ; all disobedience 
and disrespect to lawful authority. 

5f The candidates for confirmation shall then appear before the. 
altar, and the minister shall then propose to them the following or 
similar questions : — 

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86 ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

1. I ask you, before this assembly, and in the 
presence of that God who knows the secrets of 
all hearts, Is it your sincere and voluntary desire 
to confess your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to assume the obligations of members of his 
Church ? 

^ And every one shall audibly answer, 

s Yes, this is my sincere desire. 

2. Is it your sincere purpose to ratify, renew 
and assume the solemn promises made at your 
Baptism, and do you now renounce the Devil 
and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this 
wicked world, and all the sinful desires of the 
flesh? 

% And every one shall audibly answer, 

Yes, with my whole heart, the Lord helping 
me, through the power and grace of his Holy 
Spirit. 

3. Do you believe in the Triune God, Father, 
Son and Holy Ghost; and are you resolved to 
live in fellowship with him, and to attain to the 
blessed liberty of the true followers of the Lord 
Jesus Christ? 

\ And every one shall audibly answer. 

Yes, I do believe. O Lord, strengthen my faith. 

4. Will you endeavor, with the assistance of 
the Holy Spirit, to remain faithful to the doctrines 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the con- 
fession of our Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
and will you render a conscientious obedience 
thereto until death ? 

\ And every one shall audibly answer, 

Yes, I will, by the help of God. 



EXAMINATION OF CATECHUMENS. 87 

^f Then all the candidates kneeling around the altar, the minister 
shall lay his right hand upon the head of each, saying : 

Defend, O Lord, this thy servant with thy 
heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for- 
ever ; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more 
and more, until he come into thine everlasting 
Kingdom. Amen. 

Or, 

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto 
his eternal glory by Jesus Christ, make you per- 
fect, stablish, strengthen, settle you, and keep you 
through faith unto everlasting life. Amen. 

Or, 

The very God of peace sanctify you wholly, 
that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may 
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Or, 

Our heavenly Father increase and confirm 
within you, for Jesus Christ's sake, the precious 
gifts of the Holy Spirit ; that you may grow in 
faith, and in the power of godliness, in patience 
under suffering, and in the blessed hope of ever- 
lasting life. Amen. 

Or, 

Thou Shepherd and Bishop of souls, look in 
mercy upon this thy servant, and let him never 
be plucked out of thy hand ; keep him in thy 
fold unto the end of his days, according to thy 
gracious promise. Amen. 

% The persons confirmed still kneeling, the minister invites the 
congregation to join in prayer, saying : 

Let us now unite our supplications at the 



Sg ADDITIONS TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

throne of grace in behalf of these our Christian 
friends. 

Prayer. 

f After prayer the candidates rise, and the minister gives his 
right hand to each, saying : 

Upon the voluntary profession and promises 
which you now have made, I hereby acknowledge 
and receive you as a member of this Congrega- 
tion, and give you, in its name, the right hand of 
Christian fellowship and love ; authorizing you to 
join us in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, 
and to participate in all our spiritual privileges, 
so long as you remain faithful to your present 
profession and promises. 

^f Then the minister shall dismiss them, saying, 

The Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, be upon you, and re- 
main with you forever. Amen. 

DEPART IN PEACE. 



APPENDIX 

TO 

LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 



A Chronological Summary of Biblical History, 

arranged in such a manner that the 

Holy Bible may be read as one 

connected history. 



A. The Old Testament. 
i. From the Creation to the Birth of Moses, 
B. C. 4004 — 1571. 
B. C. 

4004-2348. Gen. 1: 1 — 7: 5. From the Creation 
to the Flood. Adam. Enoch. Methuselah. 

Noah. 
2348-1996. Gen. 7: 6— 11: 26. Noah and his 

descendants. The Flood. The Confusion of 

Tongues. 
1996-1821. Gen. 11:27 — 2 5 : IX - The History of 

Abraham. Lot. Melchizedek. Hagar and 

Ishmael. Isaac. 
1821-1716. Gen. 25: 12 — 36:43. The History of 

Isaac, jfacob and Esau. Laban. 
17 16-1635. Gen. 37: 1 — 50: 26. The History of 

Jacob and Joseph. 

2. From the Birth of Moses to the Death of Solomon. 

B. C. 1571—975. 
B. C. 

1571-1451. The Books of Exodus, Leviticus, 
Numbers and Deuteronomy. The History of 
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90 APPENDIX TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

Israel, from the birth to the death of Moses. 
Moses. Aaron. The Ten Plagues. The Exo- 
dus. The Ten Commandments. The Taber- 
nacle. The Ceremonial Laws. The Levites. 
The Wanderings in the Desert. 

1451-1171. The Books of Joshua, Judges, and 
Ruth. From the entrance into Canaan to the 
birth of Samuel. Joshua. Deborah. Gideon. 
Samson. Ruth. 

1 171—975. 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1: 1 — 
11: 43. From the birth of Samuel to the 
death of Solomon. Eli. Hannah. Samuel. 
Saul. David. Jonathan. Solomon. 

j. From the death of Solomon to the return from the 
Babylonian Captivity. 

B. C. 975— 536. 
B. C. 

975-536. I Kings 12: 1 — 2 Kings 25:30. The 
Political History of the Kingdoms of Judah 
and Israel. 

910-895. 1 Kings 17: 1 — 2 Kings 2: 11. Elijah. 

895-838. 2 Kings 2: 12 — 13: 21. Elisha. 

890-750. The prophecies of Hosea, Joel, Amos, 
Obadiah and Jonah. 

750-700. The prophecies of Isaiah, Micah, and 
Nahum. 

650-600. The prophecies of Habakkuk and 
Zephaniah. 

625-5 36. The prophecies of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 
and Daniel. 
The First and Second Books of the Chroni- 
cles, contain a parallel history from 4004 B. 
c. to 536 b. c. 



BIBLICAL HISTORY. 9 1 

4. From the Return from Babylon to the close of the 
Old Testament Canon. 

B. C. 536—424. 
B. C. 

536-424. The Books of Ezra, Esther, and Ne- 
hemiah. The prophecies of Haggai, Zecha- 
riah and Malachi. 

The Book of Job is to be read while studying 
the life of Abraham. 

The Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the 
Song of Solomon, belong to David and Solo- 
mon's time. Lamentations is to be read when 
the prophecy of Jeremiah is studied. 

B. The New Testament. 

1, The Events connected with the Childhood of our Lord. 

B. C. A. D. 

6-8. 

a) Luke i: I — 2: 38. 

b) Matt. 2: 1-23. 

c) Luke 2: 39-52. 

2. From the Beginning of jfohn the Baptist's Ministry 

to our Lord's first Passover. 

(Summer, A. D. 26 — April, A. D. 27.) 
A. D. 
26 — 27. 

a) Luke 3: I — 4: 13. 

b) John 1: I — 2: 12. 

j. The Events of the First year of our Lord's Ministry. 
(Passover, April, A. D. 27 — Passover, April, A. D. 28.) 
27 — 28. 

tf)John 2: 13—5:47. 

4. The Events of the Second year of our Lord's Ministry. 
(Passover, April, A. D. 28 — Passover, April, A. D. 29.) 
28 — 29. 

a) Luke 4: 14 — 6: 19. 

b) Matt. 5 : 1—7 : 29. 



92 APPENDIX TO LUTHER* S SMALL CATECHISM. 

c) Luke 7: 1 — 8: 3. 
df)Matt 12:22 — 13:52. 
e) Mark 4: 35— 5:43. 
/)Matt. 9:27-34. 
£-)Mark 6: 1-56. 
h) John 6: 22 — 7: 1. 

5. The Events of the first half of the Third year of our 

Lord ' s Ministry. 

(April, A. D. 29 — Feast of Tabernacles, October, A. D,29 # ) 
29. 

a) Mark 7: 1 — 9: 50. 
£) Matt 18: 10-35. 

6. The Events from the Feast of Tabernacles until our 

Lord 's final Arrival at Bethany. 

(October, A. D. 29 — April, A. D. 30.) 
29—30. 

a) John 7: 2 — 10: 21. 

6) Luke 9: 51—13: 35- 

c) John 10: 22-42. 

dQLuke 14: 1 — 17: 10. 

e) John 11 : 1-54. 

/) Luke 17: 11 — 18: 30. 

g) Matt. 20: 1-34. 

h) Luke 19; 1-28. 

7. Events of our Lord's Passion and Death. 
(From Saturday, April i, 30 — Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30.) 



30. 



a) John 11 : 55 — 12: 11 

b) Matt. 21 : 1 — 23: 39. 

c) Mark 12: 41-44. 
d)]ohn 12: 20-50. 

e) Matt. 24: 1 — 26: 20. 
/) Luke 22: 24-30. 
g) John 13: 1-35. 
h) Matt. 26:26-29. 



BIBLICAL HISTORY. 93 

i) John 13: 36 — 17: 26. 
k) Matt. 26: 36—27: 26. 
/) John 19: 1-42. 
m) Matt. 27 : 62-66. 

8. The Events of our Lord's Resurrection to His 
Ascension. 

(From Sunday, April 9— Thursday, May 18, A. D. 30.) 



so. 



a) Luke 24: 1-53. 

b) John 20: 26 — 21 : 25. 

9. From the Ascension of our Lord to the close of the 
New Testament Canon. 

A. D. 30 — 100. 
30—61. 

The Acts of the Apostles. 
52—67. 

The Epistles of St. Paul. 



I and 2 Thessalonians. 

Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans. 

Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians. 



52 
57. 
62. 

1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy. — Hebrews. 
60 — 97. 

The seven General Epistles. James, 1 and 

2 Peter, Jude, 1, 2, 3 John. 
90—100. 

The Book of Revelation. 



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II. THE CHURCH YEAR. 

The Church has its own peculiar year, which 
differs from the secular year, both as to its be- 
ginning and its seasons. It is of very early ori- 
gin, and is arranged with regard to the great 
Facts and Doctrines of our holy Religion. It is 
made up of Festivals and Sundays, to which an 
importance, place, and Lessons are assigned, 
according to the Facts or Doctrines to which they 
are respectively devoted. 

The Festivals consist of two classes: (i), those 
which are immovable, always coming on the same 
date of each year; and (2), those w T hich are mova- 
ble, falling on different dates of different years. 

The Chief Immovable Festivals* 

1 . Christmas, or the Festival of the Nativity of 
our Lord, December 25th. 

2. The Circumcision of Christ, or the beginning 
of the ordinary civil year, January 1st. 

3. The Epiphany, or the manifestation of Christ 
to the Gentiles, January 6th. 

4. The Festival of the Reformation, or the re- 
covery of the Church from the errors and bond- 
age of the Papacy, October 31st. 

The Mowable Festivals. 

With the exception of Advent, these all depend 
on Easter, the great Festival of the Resurrection 
of our Saviour from the dead. 



THE CHURCH YEAR. 95 

The First Advent Sunday, with which the 
Church Year always begins, is the Sunday nearest 
to the 30th day of November, whether before or 
after. There are always four Advent Sundays 
before Christmas, all of which refer to preparation 
for the coming of Christ. 

Easter is always the first Sunday after the Full 
Moon happening on or after the 21st day of 
March ; and if the day of the Full Moon be a Sun- 
day \ Easter is the Sunday following. 

The time of Easter being thus determined, the 
other Festivals, depending on it, are arranged as 
follows : 

Septuagesima Sunday, or the first Sunday of 
the seventy days before Easter, is nine weeks 
before Easter, when the Church begins to call 
our minds from the rejoicings of Christmas and 
the Epiphany, to the humiliating necessity for 
such a Saviour, and seeks to lead us to that re- 
pentance of our sins which brings us into sympa- 
thy with Christ's sufferings, and looks towards 
new life in Him. 

Ash-Wednesday, or the beginning of Lent, 
which is the Church's Penitential season, is forty- 
six days before Easter. 

Palm-Sunday, or the Festival of Christ's last 
entry into Jerusalem, which begins Passion Week, 
is the Sunday before Easter. 

Holy Thursday, commemorating the Institu- 
tion of the Lord's Stipper, is the Thursday before 
Easter. 

Good Friday, which commemorates the cruci- 
fixion and death of our Saviour, is the Friday 
before Easter. 



g6 appendix to luther's small cattchism. 

Ascension Day, or the Festival of our Saviour's 
triumphal return to Heaven, is forty days after 
Easter. 

Whit-Sunday, or White-Sunday, which com- 
memorates the outpouring of the Holy Ghost 
and the establishment of the Christian Church, is 
fifty days after Easter, hence also called Pentecost. 

Trinity Sunday, or the commemoration of the 
Three Persons in the One Godhead, is eight 
weeks after Easter. 

The First Half of the Church Year, from Ad- 
vent to Trinity Sunday, is mainly occupied with 
the historical facts of the Saviour's Life and Me- 
diatorial Work. 

The Second Half is mainly occupied with mat- 
ters of doctrine and the edification of the Con- 
gregation in Christian life, duty, and hope. 

There are also various minor Festivals some- 
times observed. The following is a list of them, 
with the dates on which they fall : 



St. Andrew the Apostle's Day, November 30. 

St. Thomas the Apostle's Day December 21. 

St. Stephen the Martyr's Day, December 26. 

St. John the Apostle's Day December 27. 

The Conversion of St. Paul, January 25. 

The Presentation of Christ, February 2. 

St. Matthias the Apostle's Day, ....... February 24. 

The Annunciation February 27. 

St. Philip and St. James the Apostles' Day, . . . May 1. 

The Birthday of St. John the Baptist June 24. 

St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles' Day, .... June 29. 

The Visitation July 2. 

St. James the Elder, the Apostle's Day, .... July 25. 

St. "Bartholomew the Apostle's Day August 24. 

St. Matthew the Apostle's Day, September 21. 

St. Michael the Archangel's Day September 29. 

St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles' Day, ... October 28. 



THE CHURCH YEAR, 



97 



Every Sunday and Festival Day of the Church 
Year has its own Introit, or .opening Psalm; its 
own Collect \ or Prayer; and its own Pericopes, or 
selections of Passages from the Holy Scriptures. 

The Introits and Collects are given in their 
place in the Church Book. 

The Pericopes embrace both an Epistle and a 
Gospel Lesson for each Day. 

The following is the Table of references to 
them: 



DAYS. 

ist Sunday in Advent, . 

2d 

3d 

4 th " 

Christmas Day, .... 

2d "... 

Sunday after Christmas, 
New Year's Eve, . . . 
New Year's Dav, . . . 
Sunday after New Year, 

E .-iphany, 

ist Sunday after Epiphany, 

2d 

3d " " " 

4 th " 

5th " " " 

6th " " " 

Septuagesima Sunday, . 
Sexagesima Sunday, . . 
Quinquagesima Sunday, 
ist Sunday in Lent — Invocavit, 
2d " " Reminiscere, 

3d " " Oculi, . 

4th " " Laetare, 

5th " ' Judica, . 

6ih " " Palmarum, 

Thursday before Easter, 
Good Friday, .... 
Easter Sunday, .... 
'• Monday. . . . 
Sundays after Easter — 
ist. Quasimodogeniti, 
2d. Misericordias, . 
3d. Jubilate, ... 



EPISTLES. 

Rom. 13: 11-14. 
Rom. 15 : 4-13. 

1 Cor. 4: 1-5. 
Phil. 4: 4-7. 

f Tit. 2:11-14. 
(Is. 9: 2-7. 

Tit 3 : 4-7. 

Gal. 4 : 1-7. 

2 Tim. 4: 1-8. 
Gal. 3 : 23-29 

1 Pet. 4: 12-19. 
Is. 60: 1-6. 
Rom. 12 : 1-5. 
Rom. 12 : 6-16. l 
Rom. 12: 16-21. 2 
Rom. 13 : 8-10. 
Col. 3 : 12-17. 

2 Pet. 1 : 16-21. 

1 Cor. 9 : 24 — 10 : 

2 Cor. 11 : 19 — 12: 

1 Cor. 13 : 1-13. 

2 Cor. 6: 1-10. 

1 Thess. 4: 1-7. 

Eph. 5:1-9. 

Gal. 4 : 21-31. 

Heb. 9: 11-15. 

Phil. 2:5-11. 
. 1 Cor. 11 : 23-32. 
, Is. 52: 13—53: 12 

1 Cor. 5 : 6-8. 
, Acts 10: 34-41. 

1 John 5 : 4-12. 

, 1 Pet. 2: 21-25. 

1 Pet. 2: 11-20. 



GOSPELS. 

Matt. 21 : 1-9. 
Luke 21 : 25-36. 
Matt. 1: 



John 1 : 

Luke 2 : 

Luke 2 : 
Luke 2 : 
Luke 12 
Luke 2 : 
Matt. 2 : 
Matt. 2 : 
Luke 2 : 
John 2 : 
Matt. 8 : 
Matt. 8 : 
Matt. 13 
Matt. 17 
Matt. 20 
Luke 8 : 
Luke 18 
Matt. 4 : 
Matt. 15 



: 2-10. 
19-28. 

1-14. 

15-20. 

33-4o. 
: 35-40. 
21. 

13-23- 
: 1-12. 
41-52. 
1-11. 
: 1-13. 
23-27. 
: 24-30. 
: 1-9. 
: 1-16. 
4-I5- 
3 I "43- 
1-11. 
: 21-28. 
14-28. 



Luke 11 
John 6 : 1-15. 
John 8 : 46-59. 
Matt. 21 : 1-9. 
John 13 : 1-15. 
Passion History. 
Mark 16 : 1-8. 
Luke 24 : 13-35. 

John 20: 19-31. 
John 10 : 11-16. 
John 16 : 16-23. 8 



1 End ; " men of low estate." 

2 Begin : " Be not wise in your own conceits.' 

3 End: "ye shall ask me nothing." 



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DAYS. 

4th. Cantate, . . . 
5th. Rogate, . . . 
Ascension Day, . . . 
Sunday after Ascension, 
Whit-Sunday, .... 
Whit-Monday, .... 
Trinity Sunday, . . . 

1 st Sunday after Trinity, 

2d 

3d " " " 

4 th " 

5th " 

6th " " " 

7 th " 

8th Sunday after Trinity 

oth " 
10th '? 
nth " " 

12th " 

13th " " « 

14th " 
15th " 
16th " " 

17th " 
18th " 
19th " 
20th " 
21st " " " 

22d 

23d 

24th « " 

25th " " 

26th " " 

27th " 



EPISTLES. 

James 1 : 16-21. 
James 1 : 22-27. 
Acts 1 : i-n. 
1 Pet. 4: 7-11. 2 
Acts 2 : 1-13. 
Acts 10 : 42-48. 3 
Rom. n : 33-36. 
1 John 4 : 16-21. 4 
1 John 3 : 13-18. 
1 Pet. 5 : 6-n. 
Rom. 8 : 18-23. 
1 Pet. 3 : 8-15. 5 
Rom. 6 : 3-1 1. 
Rom. 6 : 19-23. 
Rom. 8 : 12-17. 
1 Cor. 10: 6-13. 
1 Cor. 12 : i-n. 

1 Cor. 15 : 1-10. 

2 Cor. 3 : 4-11. 
Gal. 3 r 15-22. 
Gal. 5 : 16-24. 
Gal. 5 : 25 — 6 ; 10. 
Eph. 3 : 13-21. 
Eph. 4 : 1-6. 

1 Cor. 1 ; 4-9. 
Eph. 4 : 22-28. 
Eph. 5 : 15-21. 
Eph. 6: 10-17. 
Phil. 1 : 3-1 1. 
Phil. 3 : 17-21. 
Col. 1 : 9-14. 

1 Thess. 4 : 13-18. 

2 Pet. 3 : 3-14, or 
2 Thess. 1 : 3-10. 
1 Thess. 5 : i-n. 



GOSPELS. 

John 16 : 5-15. 
John 16 : 23-30.I 
Mark 16 : 14-20. 
John 15: 26—16: 4. 
John 14 : 23-31. 
John 3 : 16-21. 
John 3 ; 1-15. 
Luke 16 : 19-31. 
Luke 14: 16-24. 
Luke 15 : 1-10. 
Luke 6 : 36-42. 
Luke 5 : i-n. 
Matt. 5 ; 20-26. 
Mark 8 : 1-9. 
Matt. 7 : 15-23. 
Luke 16 : 1-9. 
Luke 19 : 41-48. 
Luke 18 : 9-14. 
Mark 7: 31-37. 
Luke 10 : 23-37. 
Luke 17 : n-19. 
Matt. 6: 24-34. 
Luke 7 : 11-17. 
Luke 14 : 1-11. 
Matt. 22 : 34-46. 
Matt. 9 : 1-8. 
Matt. 22 : 1-14. 
John 4 : 46-54. 6 
Matt. 18 : 23-35. 
Matt. 22 : 15-22. 
Matt. 9: 18-26. 
Matt. 24; 15-28. 

Matt. 25 : 31-46. 

Matt. 25 : 1-13. 



1 Begin : " Verily, Verily, I say." 

2 Begin : "Be ye therefore sober." 

3 End ; " in the name of the Lord." 

4 Begin ; " God is love." 

5 End ; " sanctify the Lord God in your hearts." 

6 Begin : " And there was a certain nobleman." 



III. CHANTS AND CANTICLES. 



1 Gloria Patri. 

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, 
And to the Holy Ghost: 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
World without end. Amen. 

2 Te Deum Laudamus. 

WE praise Thee, O God : we acknowledge Thee to be 
the Lord. 
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father ever- 
lasting. 

To Thee all angels cry aloud ; 

The heavens, and all the powers therein. 

To Thee, Cherubim and Seraphim 
Continually do cry, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; 

Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee. 
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee. 
The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee. 
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknow- 
ledge Thee ; 
The Father, of an infinite Majesty. 

Thine adorable, true, and only Son ; 
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ. 
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. 

When thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, 
Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a virgin. 

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IOO APPENDIX TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, 
Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of God 
In the glory of the Father. 

We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge. 
We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, whom thou 
hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. 

Make them to be numbered with Thy saints 
In glory everlasting. 

O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage. 
Govern them, and lift them up forever. 

Day by day we magnify Thee. 

And we worship Thy Name ever, world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 
O Lord, have mercy upon us ; have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in Thee. 
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted, let me never be con- 
founded. Amen. 

3 Gloria in Excelsis. 

GLORY be to God on high ; 
And on earth, peace, good will towards men. 
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, 
We glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great 
glory. 

O Lord God, heavenly King, . 

God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; 

O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, 

That takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our 

prayer. 
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, 

have mercy upon us. 

For Thou only art Holy ; Thou only art the Lord. 
Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high 
in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 



CHANTS AND CANTICLES. IOI 

4z Magnificat. 

St. Luke i : 46-55. 

MY soul doth magnify the Lord ; 
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
For He hath regarded 
The low estate of His handmaiden. 

For behold, from henceforth 

All generations shall call me blessed. 

For He that is mighty has done to me great things, and 
holy is His Name ; 

And His mercy is on them that fear Him, from genera- 
tion to generation. 

He hath showed strength with His arm ; 

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their 

hearts. 
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, 
And exalted them of low degree. 

He hath filled the hungry with good things, 

And the rich He hath sent empty away. 

He hath holpen His servant Israel in remembrance of 

His mercy ; 
As He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to His seed, 

for ever. 

5 Venite Exultemus Domino, 

Ps. 95- 

OH, come, let us sing unto the Lord: 
Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salva- 
tion. 
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, 
And make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. 

For the Lord is a great God, 

And a great King above all gods, 

In His hand are the deep places of the earth ; 

The strength of the hills is His also. 

The sea is His, and He made it ; 
And His hands formed the dry land. 
Oh, come, let us worship and bow down : 
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 

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102 APPENDIX TO LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM. 

For He is our God ; 

And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of 

His hand. 
Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord ; 
Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 

Ghost : 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 

world without end. Amen. 

6 Jubilate Deo, 

Ps. IOO. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands, 
Serve the Lord with gladness ; 
Come before His presence with singing. 

Know ye that the Lord, He is God ; 

It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves. 

We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. 

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, 

And into His courts with praise : 

Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. 

For the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting. 
And His truth endureth to all generations. 



o 



Cantate Domino. 

Ps. 98. 

SING unto the Lord a new song, 



For He hath done marvelous things : 
His right hand, and His holy arm, 
Hath gotten Him the victory. 

The Lord hath made known His salvation : 

His righteousness hath He openly showed in the sight of 

the heathen. 
He hath remembered His mercy and His truth towards 

the house of Israel ; 
And all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of 

our God. 



CHANTS AND CANTICLES. IO3 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth ; 
Make a loud noise, and rejoice and sing praises. 
Sing unto the Lord with the harp, 
With the harp and the voice of a psalm. 

Let the floods clap their hands ; 
Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : 
For He cometh to judge the earth ; 

With righteousness shall He judge the world, and the 
people with equity. 

Bonum est Confiteri. 

Ps. 92. 

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord : 
And to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High ; 

To show forth Thy loving-kindness in the morning, 
And Thy faithfulness every night ; 

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute ; 
Upon the harp with a solemn sound. 

For Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work, 
And I will triumph in the works of Thy hands. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
And to the Holy Ghost : 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
World without end. Amen. 

9 Dius Misereatur. 

Ps. 67. 

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; 
And cause His face to shine upon us. 

That Thy way may be known upon earth, 
Thy saving health among all nations. 

Let the people praise Thee, O God : 
Let all the people praise Thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase, 
And God, even our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us, 

And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him. 



104 APPENDIX TO LUTHER S SMALL CATECHISM. 

10 Benedic Anima mea. 

Ps. 103. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul ; 
And all that is within me, bless His holy Name. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
And forget not all His benefits. 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
Who healeth all thy diseases. 

W T ho redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 
Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender 
mercies. 

Bless the Lord, ye His angels that excel in strength, 
That do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice 
of His Word. 

Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts ; 

Ye ministers of His that do His pleasure. 

Bless the Lord, all His works, in all places of His do- 
minion : 
Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 

Ghost: 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 

world without end. Amen. 

11 Benedictus. 

St. Luke i ; 68-75. 

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel ; 
For He hath visited and redeemed His people ; 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, 
In the house of His servant David ; 

As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets, 
Which have been since the world began : 

That we should be saved from our enemies, 
And from the hand of all that hate us : 

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, 
And to remember His holy covenant : 



CHANTS AND CANTICLES". I05 

The oath which He sware to our father Abraham, 
That He would grant unto us : 

That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 
Might serve Him without fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before Him, 
All the days of our life. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
And to the Holy Ghost : 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
World without end. Amen. 

12 Dignus est Agnus. 

WORTHY is the Lamb that was slain to receive pow- 
er, and riches, and wisdom: and strength, and 
honor, and glory, and blessing. 

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto 
him that sitteth upon the throne : and unto the Lamb, for 
ever and ever. 

Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Al- 
mighty : just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints. 

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy 
name ? : for thou only art holy. 

Praise ye our God, all ye his servants. 
And ye that fear him, both small and great. 

Alleluia ! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. 
Alleluia ! Alleluia ! Amen. 



IV. HYMNS, 



PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 

1. Psalm ioo. - X. M. 

1 T)EFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
JD Ye nations, bow with sacred joy : 
Know that the Lord is God alone, 

He can create, and He destroy. 

2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 

Made us of clay and formed us men ; 
And when like wandering sheep we strayed. 
He brought us to His fold again. 

3 We are His people, we His care, 

Our souls and all our mortal frame : 
What lasting honors shall we rear, 
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name ? 

4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, 

High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 

5 Wide as the world is Thy command, 

Vast as eternity Thy Love ; 
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, 
When rolling years shall cease to move. 

Isaac Watts, ijiq. 

2 8,7. 

l f ORD, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee 
Lj For the bliss thy love bestows, 
For the pardoning grace that saves me, 

And the peace that from it flows. 
106 



PRAISE. I07 

Help, O God, my weak endeavor ; 

This dull soul to rapture raise : 
Thou must light the flame, or never 

Can my love be warmed to praise. 

2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, 

Wretched wanderer, far astray ; 
Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee 

From the paths of death away. 
Praise, with love's devoutest feeling, 

Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, 
And the light of hope revealing, 

Bade the blood-stained Cross appear. 

3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling 

Vainly would my lips express : 
Low before Thy footstool kneeling, 

Deign Thy suppliant's prayer to bless. 
Let Thy grace, my soul's chief treasure, 

Love's pure flame within me raise : 
And, since words can never measure, 

Let my life show forth Thy praise. 

Francis Scott Key. 1826. 

3 Psalm 95. S, M. 

i POME, sound His praise abroad, 
\y And hymns of glory sing ! 
Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
The universal King. 

2 He formed the deeps unknown ; 
He gave the seas their bounds ; 
The watery worlds are all His own, 
And all the solid ground. 

3 Come, worship at His throne ; 

Come, bow before the Lord. 
We are His work, and not our own, 
He formed us by His word. 

4 To-day attend His voice, 

Nor dare provoke His rod ; 
Come, like the people of His choice, 
And own your gracious God. 

Watts, zyiq. 



Io8 WORSHIP. 



^ Psalm 103. gf m jjf. 

BLESS the Lord, my soul ! 
Let all within me join, 
And aid my tongue to bless His Name, 
Whose favors are divine. 



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2 O bless the Lord, my soul ! 

Nor let His mercies lie 
Forgotten in unthankfulness, 
And without praises die. 

3 *Tis He forgives thy sins ; 

'Tis He relieves thy pain ; 
'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses, 
And gives thee strength again. 

4 He crowns thy life with Love, 

When ransomed from the grave ; 
He that redeemed my soul from death 
Hath sovereign power to save. 

5 His wondrous works and ways 

He made by Moses known; 
But sent the world His truth and grace 
By His beloved Son. 



Watts. 1719. 

5 a m. 

LL hail the power of Jesus' Name ! 
Let angels prostrate fall ; 
Bring forth the royal diadem, 
And crown Him Lord of all. 



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2 Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line, 

Whom David Lord did call ; 

The God incarnate, Man divine : 

And crown Him Lord of all. 

3 Let every kindred, every tribe, 

On this terrestrial ball, 
To Him all majesty ascribe, 
And crown Him Lord of all. 



THE LORDS DAY. IO9 

4 that with yonder sacred throng 
We at His feet may fall ; 
We'll join the everlasting song, 
And crown Him Lord of all. 

From Edward Perronet. 1785. 

6 7s. 

1 QAFELY through another week, 

vj God has brought us on our way : 
Let us now a blessing seek, 

Waiting in His courts to-day ; 
Day of all the week the best, 
Emblem of eternal rest. 

2 Mercies multiplied each hour 

Through the week, our praise demand ; 
Guarded by Thy mighty power, 

Fed and guided by Thy hand ; 
Though ungrateful we have been, 
Only made returns of sin. 

3 While we pray for pardoning grace, 

Through the dear Redeemer's name, 
Show Thy reconciling face, 

Take away our sin and shame; 
From our worldly cares set free, 
May we rest this day in Thee. 

4 Here we're come, Thy Name to praise; 

Let us feel Thy presence near : 
May Thy glory meet our eyes, 

While we in Thy house appear : 
Here afford us, Lord, a taste 
Of our everlasting feast. 

5 May the Gospel's joyful sound 

Conquer sinners, comfort saints ; 
Make the fruits of grace abound, 

Bring relief for all complaints. 
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove, 
Till we join the Church above. 

yohn Newton. 1779. 
IO 



HO CLOSING HYMNS. 

CLOSING HYMNS. 



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8,7. 
ORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing, 
Fill our hearts with joy and peace! 
Let us each, Thy Love possessing, 
Triumph in redeeming grace. 

O refresh us, 
Travelling through this wilderness. 

2 Thanks we give and adoration 
For Thy Gospel's joyful sound. 

May the fruits of Thy salvation 
In our hearts and lives abound : 

May Thy presence 
With us evermore be found. 

3 So, whene'er the signal's given 
Us from earth to call away, 

Borne on angels' wings to heaven, 
Glad the summons to obey, 

May we, ready, 
Rise and reign in endless day. 

Walter Shirley. 1774. 

H. M. 

what has now been sown, 
Thy blessing, Lord, bestow ; 
The power is Thine alone 
To make it spring and grow : 
Do Thou the gracious harvest raise, 
And Thou alone shalt have the praise. 

2 To Thee our w r ants are known, 
From Thee are all our powers, 

Accept what is Thine own, 
And pardon what is ours : 
Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive, 
And to Thy Word a blessing give. 

3 O grant that each of us, 
Who meet before Thee here, 

May meet together thus, 

When Thou and Thine appear, 
And follow Thee to heaven our home ; 
Even so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come ! 

John Newton. 177Q. 



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MORNING. Ill 

9 Ach bleib mit Deiner Gnade. 7 f 6. 

1 A BIDE with us, our Saviour, 
A Nor let Thy mercy cease ; 
From Satan's might defend us, 

And grant our souls release. 

2 Abide with us, our Saviour, 

Sustain us by Thy Word ; 
That we with all Thy people 
To life may be restored. 

3 Abide with us, our Saviour, 

Thou Light of endless light ; 
Increase to us Thy blessings, 
And save us by Thy might. 

4 To Father, Son, and Spirit, 

Eternal One and Three, 
As was, and is for ever, 
All praise and glory be. 

yoshucir Stegmann. 1624. 

MORNING. 

10 i. M. 

1 A WAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
J\ Thy daily stage of duty run ; 
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise 
To pay thy morning sacrifice. 

2 Wake and lift up thyself, my heart, 
And with the angels bear thy part, 
Who all night long unwearied sing 
High praise to the eternal King. 

3 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept, 
And hast refreshed me while I slept : 
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
I may of endless life partake ! 

4 Lord, I my vows to Thee renew ; 
Disperse my sins as morning dew; 
Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
And with Thyself my spirit fill. 



112 EVENING. 

5 Direct, control, suggest, this day, 
All I design, or do, or say ; 

That all my powers, with all their might, 
In Thy sole glory may unite. 

6 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
Praise Him, all creatures here below ; 
Praise Him, above, ye heavenly host, 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

Thomas Ken. i6gj. 

EVENING. 

11 ^ M- 

i A LL praise to Thee, my God, this night, 
i\. For all the blessings of the light : 
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, 
Beneath Thine own Almighty wings ! 

2 Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, 
The ill that I this day have done : 
That with the world, myself, and Thee, 
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
The grave as little as my bed ; 

To die, that this vile body may 
Rise glorious at the awful day. 

4 O when shall I, in endless day, 
Forever chase dark sleep away, 
And hymns divine with angels sing 
In endless praise to Thee, my King ? 

5 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
Praise Him, all creatures here below; 
Praise Him, above, ye heavenly host; 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

Thomas Ken. i6gy. 

12 X. M. 

I CUN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, 
♦^ It is not night if Thou be near ; 
O may no earth-born cloud arise 
To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. 



ADVENT. II3 

2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep 
My wearied eyelids gently steep, 
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest 
Forever on my Saviour's breast. 

3 Abide with me from morn till eve, 
For without Thee I cannot live, 
Abide with me when night is nigh, 
For without Thee I dare not die. 

4 If some poor wandering child of Thine 
Has spurned to-day the voice divine, 
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin ; 
Let him no more lie down in sin. 

$ Watch by the sick ; enrich the poor 
With blessings from Thy boundless store ; 
Be every mourner's sleep to-night, 
Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. 

6 Come near and bless us when we wake, 
Ere through the world our way we take ; 
Till in the ocean of Thy love 
We lose ourselves in Heaven above. 

jfohn Keble. 1827, 

THE CHURCH YEAR. 

ADVENT. 
id Wie soil ich Dick emj>fangen. 7p 6, 

HOW shall I receive Thee, 
low greet Thee, Lord, aright ? 
All nations long to see Thee, 

My hope, my heart's delight ! 
O kindle, Lord, most holy, 

Thy lamp within my breast, 
To do in spirit lowly 

All that may please Thee best. 

Thy Zion palms is strewing, 
And branches fresh and fair ; 

My heart, its powers renewing, 
An anthem shall prepare. 
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I AHC 
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114 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

My soul puts off her sadness 

Thy glories to proclaim ; 
With all her strength and gladness 

She fain would serve Thy name. 

3 Love caused Thy Incarnation, 

Love brought Thee down to me. 
Thy thirst for my salvation 

Procured my liberty. 
O Love beyond all telling, 

That led Thee to embrace, 
In love all love excelling, 

Our lost and fallen race ! 

4 Rejoice then, ye sad-hearted, 

Who sit in deepest gloom, 
Who mourn o'er joys departed, 

And tremble at your doom : 
He who alone can cheer you, 

Is standing at the door ; 
He brings His pity near you, 

And bids you weep no more. 

Paul Gerhardt. /6jj>. 
14: Psalm 72. 7, 6. 

AIL to the Lord's Anointed, 
Great David's greater Son ! 
Hail, in the time appointed, 

His reign on earth begun ! 
He comes to break oppression, 

To set the captive free ; 
To take away transgression, 
And rule in equity. 

2 H e comes with succor speedy 

To those who suffer wrong ; 
To help the poor and needy, 

And bid the weak be strong ; 
To give them songs for sighing ; 

Their darkness turn to light, 
Whose souls, condemned and dying, 

Were precious in His sight. 



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ADVENT. II5 

3 He shall come down like showers 

Upon the fruitful earth ; 
And love, joy, hope, like flowers, 

Spring in His path to birth. 
Before Him, on the mountains, 

Shall peace, the herald, go ; 
And righteousness, in fountains, 

From hill to valley flow. 

4 For Him shall prayer unceasing 

And daily vows ascend ; 
His kingdom still increasing, 

A kingdom without end. 
The tide of time shall never 

His covenant remove ; 
His Name shall stand for ever ; 

That Name to us is love. 

James Montgomery. 18-2.2. 

15 a m. 

1 TT ARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 
Jrl The Saviour promised long ! 

Let every heart prepare a throne, 
And every voice a song. 

2 On Him the Spirit, largely poured, 

Exerts His sacred fire ; 
Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 
His holy breast inspire. 

3 He comes the prisoners to release, 

In Satan's bondage held : 
The gates of brass before Him burst, 
The iron fetters yield. 

4 He comes from thickest films of vice 

To clear the mental ray, 
And on the eyeballs of the blind 
To pour celestial day. 

5 He comes, the broken heart to bind, 

The bleeding soul to cure, 
And with the treasures of His grace 
To enrich the humble poor. 



Il6 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace ! 
Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
And heaven's eternal arches ring 
With Thy beloved Name. 

Philip Doddridge. 1733. 

CHRISTMAS. 
16 8, 7. 

1 TTARK! what mean those holy voices 
Xl Sweetly sounding through the skies ? 

Lo ! the angelic host rejoices ; 
Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 

2 Listen to the wondrous story, 

Which they chant in hymns of joy: 
"Glory in the highest, glory! 
Glory be to God most high ! 

3 "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, 

Reaching far as man is found ; 
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven ; 
Loud our golden harps shall sound. 

4 "Christ is born, the great Anointed; 

Heaven and earth His praises sing ! 
O receive whom God appointed 

For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 

5 "Hasten, mortals, to adore Him; 

Learn His Name, and taste His joy; 
Till in heaven ye sing before Him, 
Glory be to God most high !" 

6 Let us learn the wondrous story 

Of our great Redeemers birth ; 
Spread the brightness of His glory, 
Till it cover all the earth. 

John Cawood. 1814. 

17 Psalm 98. C. M. 

I TOY to the world ! the Lord is come ! 
j Let earth receive her King. 
Let every heart prepare Him room, 
And heaven and nature sing. 



CHRISTMAS. 117 

2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns ! 

Let men their songs employ ; 
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, 
Repeat the sounding joy. 

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, 

Nor thorns infest the ground. 
He comes to make His blessings flow 
Far as the curse is found. 

4 He rules the world with truth and grace, 

And makes the nations prove 
The glories of His righteousness, 
And wonders of His love. 

Watts. 171Q. 

18 C.M. 

1 T TOW sweet the Name of Jesus sounds 
El In a believer's ear ! 

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
And drives away his fear. 

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 

And calms the troubled breast ; 
'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
And to the weary rest. 

3 Dear Name ! the Rock on which I build, 

My Shield and Hiding-place ; 
My never-failing Treasury, filled 
With boundless stores of grace. 

4 By Thee my prayers acceptance gain, 

Although with sin defiled: 
Satan accuses me in vain, 
And I am owned a child. 

5 Weak is the effort of my heart, 

And cold my warmest thought ; 
But, when I see Thee as Thou art, 
I'll praise Thee as I ought. 

6 Till then, I would Thy love proclaim 

With every fleeting breath ; 
And may the music of Thy Name 
Refresh my soul in death. 

John Newton. 177Q. 



Il8 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

EPIPHANY AND MISSIONS. 

19 6,4. 

1 'TVHOU, whose almighty word 

1 Chaos and darkness heard, 

And took their flight ; 
Hear us, we humbly pray ; 
And where the Gospel day 
Sheds not its glorious ray, 

Let there be light ! 

2 Thou, who didst come to bring, 
On Thy redeeming wing, 

Healing and sight, 
Health to the sick in mind, 
Sight to the inly blind, 
O, now to all mankind 

Let there be light ! 

3 Spirit of truth and love, 
Life-giving, holy Dove, 

Speed forth Thy flight ; 
Move on the waters' face, 
Bearing the lamp of grace, 
And in earth's darkest place 

Let there be light ! 

4 Holy and blessed Three, 
Glorious Trinity, 

Wisdom, Love, Might ! 
Boundless as ocean's tide 
Rolling in fullest pride, 
Through the earth, far and wide, 

Let there be light ! 

yohn Marriott. 181J. 

20 7, e. 

i T7ROM Greenland's icy mountains, 
J/ From India's coral strand ; 
Where Afric's sunny fountains 

Roll down their golden sand ; 
From many an ancient river, 
From many a palmy plain, 
They call us to deliver 

Their land from error's chain. 



THE PASSION. II9 

2 What though the spicy breezes 

Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; 
Though every prospect pleases. 

And only man is vile : 
In vain with lavish kindness 

The gifts of God are strown : 
The heathen, in his blindness, 

Bows down to wood and stone. 

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 

With wisdom from on high, 
Shall we to men benighted 

The lamp of life deny ? 
Salvation, O salvation ! 

The joyful sound proclaim, 
Till each remotest nation 

Has learned Messiah's Name. 

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, 

And you, ye waters, roll, 
Till, like a sea of glory, 

It spreads from pole to pole ; 
Till o'er our ransomed nature 

The Lamb for sinners slain, 
Redeemer, King, Creator, 

In bliss returns to reign. 

Reginald Heber. 1823. 

THE PASSION. 

21 c M. 

1 ^PHERE is a fountain filled with blood 

1 Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; 
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
Lose all their guilty stains. 

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see 

That fountain in his day ; 
And there may I, as vile as he, 
Wash all my sins away ! 

3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious Blood 

Shall never lose its power, 
Till all the ransomed Church of God 
Be saved, to sin no more. 



120 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

4 Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared 

(Unworthy though I be) 
For me a blood-bought free reward, 
A golden harp for me ! 

5 'Tis strung and tuned for endless years, 

And formed by power divine 
To sound in God the Father's ears 
No other name but Thine. 

William Cowfier. IJJQ. 

22 8 , 7. 

1 TN the Cross of Christ I glory, 

1 Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; 
All the light of sacred story 
Gathers round its head sublime. 

2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, 

Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, 
Never shall the Cross forsake me ; 
Lo ! it glows with peace and joy. 

3 When the sun of bliss is beaming 

Light and love upon my way, 
From the Cross the radiance streaming 
Adds new lustre to the day. 

4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, 

By the cross are sanctified ; 
Peace is there that knows no measure, 
Joys that through all time abide. 

Sir John Bowring. 182$. 

23 7s. 

OCK of Ages, cleft for me, 
Let me hide myself in Thee ! 
Let the Water and the Blood, 
From Thy riven side which flowed, 
Be of sin the perfect cure, 
Save me, Lord, and make me pure. 

Not the labors of my hands 
Can fulfil Thy Law's demands: 
Could my zeal no respite know, 
Could my tears for ever flow, 
All for sin could not atone : 
Thou must save, and Thou alone ! 



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THE PASSION. 121 

3 Nothing in my hand I bring, 
Simply to Thy Cross I cling ; 
Naked, come to Thee for dress ; 
Helpless, look to Thee for grace ; 
Foul, I to the Fountain fly ; 
Wash me, Saviour, or I die! 

4 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
When my eyelids close in death, 
When I soar to worlds unknown, 
See Thee on Thy judgment throne, 
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in Thee ! 

Augustus M. Toplady. 1776. 

24 7s. 

1 JESUS, Lover of my soul, 

Let me to Thy bosom fly, 
While the nearer waters roll, 
While the tempest still is high ! 
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, 
Till the storm of life is past ; 
Safe into the haven guide ; 

receive my soul at last ! 

2 Other refuge have I none ; 

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee : 
Leave, ah, leave me not alone, 

Still support and comfort me ! 
All my trust on Thee is stayed, 

All my help from Thee I bring : 
Cover my defenceless head 

With the shadow of Thy wing. 

3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; 

More than all in Thee I find : 
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 

Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
Just and holy is Thy Name ; 

1 am all unrighteousness: 
False and full of sin I am ; 

Thou art full of truth and grace. 
11 



122 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

4 Plenteous grace with Thee is found, 

Grace to cover all my sin ; 
Let the healing streams abound ; 

Make and keep me pure within. 
Thou of life the Fountain art, 

Freely let me take of Thee : 
Spring Thou up within my heart, 

Rise to all eternity. 

C. Wesley. 1740. 

25 7, 6. 

1 r LAY my sins on Jesus, 

1 The spotless Lamb of God ; 
He bears them all, and frees us 

From the accursed load. 
I bring my guilt to Jesus, 

To wash my crimson stains 
White, in His Blood so precious, 

Till not a spot remains. 

2 I lay my wants on Jesus ; 

All fulness dwells in Him; 
He heals all my diseases, 

He doth my soul redeem. 
I lay my griefs on Jesus, 

My burdens and my cares ; 
He from them all releases, 

He all my sorrows shares. 

3 I long to be like Jesus, 

Meek, loving, lowly, mild; 
I long to be like Jesus, 

The Father's holy child. 
I long to be with Jesus, 

Amid the heavenly throng, 
To sing with saints His praises, 

To learn the angels' song. 

Horatius Bonar. iS$3. 
PALM SUNDAY. 
££ Gloria, laus> et honor. 7, 6» 

I A LL glory, praise, and honor 
jTJL To Thee, Redeemer King ; 
To whom the lips of children 
Made sweet hosannas ring. 



HOLY WEEK. 1 23 

2 Thou art the King of Israel, 

Thou David's royal Son, 
Who in the Lord's name comest, 
The King and Blessed One! 
All glory, etc, 

3 The company of angels 

Are praising Thee on high, 
And mortal men, and all things 
Created, make reply. 
All glory, etc. 

4 The people of the Hebrews 

With palms before Thee went; 
Our praise and prayer and anthems 
Before Thee we present. 
All glory, etc. 

5 To Thee before Thy Passion 

They sang their hymns of praise ; 
To Thee, now high exalted, 
Our melody we raise. 
All glory, etc. 

6 Thou didst accept their praises ; 

Accept the prayers we bring, 
Who in all good delightest, 

Thou good and gracious King ! 
All glory, etc. 

Theodulph of Orleans. 821. 
fohn Mason Neale. i8j6. 

HOLY WEEK. 
27 C. M, 

1 f\ THOU who through this holy week 
\J Didst suffer for us all ; 

The sick to cure, the lost to seek, 
To raise up them that fall : 

2 We cannot understand the woe 

Thy Love was pleased to bear : 
O Lamb of God, we only know 
That all our hopes are there ! 

3 Thy feet the path of suffering trod ; 

Thy hand the victory won : 
What shall we render to our God 
For all that He hath done ? 



124 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

4 To God the Father, God the Son, 
And God the Holy Ghost, 
By men on earth be honor done, 
And by the heavenly host. 

John Mason Ntale. 1844. 



28 s, 7. 

1 TTAIL, Thou once despised Jesus! 
fl Hail, Thou Galilean King ! 
Thou didst suffer to release us ; 

Thou didst free salvation bring. 
Hail, Thou agonizing Saviour, 

Bearer of our sin and shame! 
By Thy merits we find favor ; 

Life is given through Thy name. 

2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, 

All our sins on Thee were laid ; 
By almighty Love anointed, 

Thou hast full Atonement made. 
All Thy people are forgiven, 

Through the virtue of Thy Blood . 
Opened is the gate of heaven ; 

Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 

3 Jesus, hail, enthroned in glory, 

There for ever to abide ! 
All the heavenly hosts adore Thee, 

Seated at Thy Father's side : 
There for sinners Thou art pleading, 

There Thou dost our place prepare, 
Ever for us interceding, 

Till in glory we appear. 

4 Worship, honor, power and blessing, 

Thou art worthy to receive ; 
Loudest praises, without ceasing, 

Meet it is for us to give. 
Help, ye bright angelic spirits, 

Bring your sweetest, noblest lays, 
Help to sing our Saviour's merits, 

Help to chant Immanuel's praise. 

John Bakewell. 176& 



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HOLY WEEK. 1 25 

6,4. 

Y faith looks up to Thee, 
Thou Lamb of Calvary, 
Saviour divine ! 
Now hear me while I pray ; 
Take all my guilt away ; « 

Oh, let me from this day 
Be wholly Thine. 

2 May Thy rich grace impart 
Strength to my fainting heart, 

My zeal inspire ; 
As Thou hast died for me, 
O may my love to Thee 
Pure, warm, and changeless be, 

A living fire. 

3 While life's dark maze I tread, 
And griefs around me spread, 

Be Thou my Guide ; 
Bid darkness turn to day, 
Wipe sorrow's tears away, 
Nor let me ever stray 

From Thee aside. 

4 When ends life's transient dream, 
When death's cold sullen stream 

Shall o'er me roll ; 
Blest Saviour, then, in love, 
Fear and distrust remove ; 
O bear me safe above, 

A ransomed soul. 

Ray Palmer. 1830. 

GOOD FRIDAY. 

30 c. m. 

1 A LAS ! and did my Saviour bleed, 
J\ And did my Sovereign die ? 
Would He devote that sacred Head 

For such a worm as I ? 

2 Was it for crimes that I had done, 

He groaned upon the tree ? 
Amazing pity ! grace unknown ! 
And Love beyond degree ! 



i 'Tl 



126 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 

And shut his glories in, 
When Christ the mighty Maker died 
For man the creature's sin ! 

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face, 
1 While His dear cross appears ; 
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 

And melt my eyes in tears. 

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 

The debt of love I owe. 
Here, Lord, I give myself away : 
'Tis all that I can do. 

Watts. i?oq. 

EASTER. 

31 7, 6. 

~~*HE day of Resurrection! 

Earth, tell it out abroad ! 
The Passover of gladness, 

The Passover of God ! 
From death to Life eternal, 

From earth unto the sky, 
Our Christ hath brought us over, 

With hymns of victory. 

Our hearts be pure from evil, 

That we may see aright 
The Lord in rays eternal 

Of resurrection light : 
And listening to His accents, 

May hear, so calm and plain, 
His own " All hail !" — and hearing, 

May raise the victor strain. 

Now let the heavens be joyful ! 

Let earth her song begin ! 
Let all the world keep triumph, 

And all that is therein : 
In grateful exultation 

Their notes let all things blend, 
For Christ the Lord hath risen, 

Our Joy that hath no end. 

John of Damascus. 760. 
John Mason Neale, i8te. 



ASCENSION. 127 

32 7s. 

I OHRIST the Lord is risen to-day, 
\y Sons of men and angels say. 
Raise your joys and triumphs high; 
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 

2 Love's redeeming work is done, 
Fought the fight, the battle won ; 
Lo ! the Sun's eclipse is o'er; 
Lo ! He sets in blood no more. 

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal ; 
Christ has burst the gates of hell! 
Death in vain forbids His rise ; 
Christ hath opened Paradise. 

4 Lives again our glorious King ; 
Where, O Death, is now Thy sting? 
Dying once, He all doth save ; 
Where thy victory, O Grave ? 

5 Soar we now where Christ has led, 
Following our exalted Head: 
Made like Him, like Him we rise ; 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies ! 

6 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven ! 
Praise to Thee by both be given : 
Thee we greet triumphant now ; 
Hail, the Resurrection Thou ! 

C. Wesley. 1J3Q. 

ASCENSION. 

33 Hymnum canamus glories. L. Jf . 

I- A HYMN of glory let us sing; 
Jt\ New hymns throughout the world shall ring ; 
By a new way none ever trod, 
Christ mounteth to the throne of God. 

2 May our affections thither tend, 
And thither constantly .ascend, 
Where, seated on the Father's throne, 
Thee reigning in the heavens we own ! 



128 THE CHURCH YEAR. 

3 Be Thou our present Joy, O Lord, 
Who wilt be ever our Reward : 
And as the countless ages flee, 
May all our glory be in Thee ! 

Bede. 73s. 

Elizabeth Rundell Charles. 18 j8. 

34 c. m. 

1 ^FHE Head that once was crowned with thorns 

1 Is crowned with glory now ; 
A royal diadem adorns 
The mighty Victor's brow. 

2 The highest place that heaven affords 

Is His by sovereign right: 
The King of kings and Lord of lords, 
And heaven's eternal Light. 

3 The joy of all who dwell above, 

The joy of all below, 
To whom He manifests His love, 
And grants His Name to know. 

4 To them the Cross, with all its shame, 

With all its grace, is given ; 
Their name an everlasting name, 
Their joy the joy of heaven. 

5 The Cross He bore is life and health, 

Though shame and death to Him : 
His people's hope, His people's wealth, 
Their everlasting theme. 

Thomas Kelly. 1820. 

WHITSUNDAY. 
3o Kom?n, O Komm, du Geist des Lebens. 8, 7, 7. 

I POME, O come, Thou quickening Spirit, 
\j Thou for ever art divine: 
Let Thy power never fail me, 

Always fill this heart of mine ; 
Thus shall grace, and truth, and light 
Dissipate the gloom of night. 



WHITSUNDAY. 1 29 

2 Grant my mind and my affections 

Wisdom, counsel, purity ; 
That I may be ever seeking 

Naught but that which pleases Thee. 
Let Thy knowledge spread and grow, 
Working error's overthrow. 

3 Lead me to green pastures, lead me 

By the true and living way, 
Shield me from each strong temptation 

That might draw my heart astray ; 
And if e'er my feet should turn, 
For each error let me mourn. 

4 Holy Spirit, strong and mighty, 

Thou who makest all things new, 
Make Thy work within me perfect, 

Help me by Thy Word so true, 
Arm me with that Sword of Thine, 
And the victory shall be mine. 

Joachim Neander. 1680. 
Charles William Schaeffer, /866. 

36 c. m. 

1 /^OME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
\y With all Thy quickening powers ; 
Kindle a flame of sacred love 

In these cold hearts of ours. 

2 Look how we grovel here below, 

Fond of these trifling toys ; 
Our souls, how heavily they go, 
To reach eternal joys ! 

3 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live 

At this poor dying rate ? 
Our love so cold, so faint to Thee, 
And Thine to us so great ? 

4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 

With all Thy quickening powers. 
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's Love, 
And that shall kindle ours. 

Watts, ijoq. 



130 THE CHURCH YEAR. # 

37 7s. 

i TT OLY GHOST, with light divine, 
ll Shine upon this heart of mine ! 
Chase the shades of night away, 
Turn the darkness into day. 

2 Let me see my Saviour's face, 
Let me all His beauties trace ; 
Show those glorious truths to me, 
Which are only known to Thee. 

3 Holy Ghost, with power divine, 
Cleanse this guilty heart of mine : 
In Thy mercy pity me, 

From sin's bondage set me free. 

4 Holy Ghost, with joy divine, 
Cheer this saddened heart of mine ; 
Yield a sacred, settled peace, 

Let it grow and still increase. 

5 Holy Spirit, all divine, 

Dwell within this heart of mine; 
Cast down every idol throne, 
Reign supreme, and reign alone. 

6 See, to Thee I yield my heart ; 
Shed Thy life through every part. 
A pure temple I would be, 
Wholly dedicate to Thee. 

Andrew Reed. 1817. 
TRINITY. 

38 <*> * 

1 /^OME, Thou almighty King, 
\j Help us Thy Name to sing, 

Help us to praise ! 
Father all glorious, 
O'er all victorious, 
Come and reign over us, 

Ancient of days. 

2 Jesus, our Lord, descend ; 
From all our foes defend, 

Nor let us fall : 



REFORMATION DAY. 131 

Let Thine almighty aid 
Our sure defence be made ; 
Our souls on Thee be stayed ; 
Lord, hear our call ! 

3 Come, Thou incarnate Word, 
Gird on Thy mighty sword, 

Our prayer attend : 
Come, and Thy people bless, 
And give Thy word success ; 
Spirit of holiness, 

On us descend. 

4 Come, holy Comforter, 

Thy sacred witness bear * 

In this glad hour : 
Thou who almighty art, 
Now rule in every heart, 
And ne'er from us depart, 

Spirit of power ! 

5 To the great One in Three 
Eternal praises be, 

Hence, evermore ! 
His sovereign Majesty 
May we in glory see, 
And to eternity 

Love and adore. 

C. Wesley, iffi- 
THE REFORMATION AND THE CHURCH. 

39 s, 7. 

1 yiON stands with hills surrounded ; 
Lj Zion kept by power divine ; 
All her foes shall be confounded, 

Though the world in arms combine. 

Happy Zion, 
What a favored lot is thine ! 

2 Every human tie may perish ; 

Friend to friend unfaithful prove ; 
Mothers cease their own to cherish : 



I32 THE CHURCH. 

Heaven and earth at last remove : 

But no changes 
Can attend Jehovah's love. 

3 In the furnace God may prove thee, 

Thence to bring thee forth more bright, 
But can never cease to love thee ; 
Thou art precious in His sight: 

God is with thee, 
God, thine ^everlasting Light. 

Thomas Kelly, ih 



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4. Einfeste Burg ist wiser Gott. 

MIGHTY Fortress is our God, 
A trusty Shield and Weapon ; 
He helps us free from every need 
That hath us now o'ertaken. ; 
The old bitter foe 
Means us deadly woe : 
Deep guile and great might 
Are his dread arms in fight, 
On earth is not his equal. 

2 With might of ours can naught be done, 
Soon were our loss effected ; 

But for us fights the Valiant One 
Whom God Himself elected. 
Ask ye, Who is this ? 
Jesus Christ it is, 
Of Sabaoth Lord, 
And there's none other God, 
He holds the field for ever. 

3 Though devils all the world should fill, 
All watching to devour us, 

We tremble not, we fear no ill, 
They cannot overpower us. 

This world's prince may still 
Scowl fierce as he will, 
He can harm us none, 
He's judged, the deed is done, 
One little word o'erthrows him. 



REFORMATION DAY. 1 33 

The Word they still shall let remain, 

And not a thank have for it, 
He's by our side upon the plain, 
With His good gifts and Spirit, 
Take they then our life, 
Goods, fame, child, and wife ; 
When their worst is done, 
They yet have nothing won, 
The Kingdom ours remaineth. 

Martin Luther. 152Q. 



4:1 *>7 

1 /^LORIOUS things of thee are spoken, 
vJ Zion, City of our God ; 

He, whose word cannot be broken, 
Formed thee for His own abode. 

On the Rock of Ages founded, 
What can shake thy sure repose ? 

With salvation's walls surrounded, 
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. 

2 See the streams of living waters, 

Springing from eternal love, 
Well supply thy sons and daughters, 

And all fear of want remove. 
Who can faint while such a river 

Ever flows their thirst to assuage ? 
Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, 

Never fails from age to age. 

3 Saviour, if of Zion's city 

I, through grace, a member am, 
Let the world deride or pity, 

I will glory in Thy Name. 
Fading is the worldling's pleasure, 

All his boasted pomp and show ; 
Solid joys and lasting treasure 

None but Zion's children know. 

jfohn Newton. 177Q. 



34 THE MEANS OF GRACE. 



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THE WORD OF GOD. 

42 C. M. 

OW precious is the Book divine. 
By inspiration given ! 
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
To guide our souls to heaven. 

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 

In this dark vale of tears ; 
Life, light, and joy it still imparts, 
And quells our rising fears. 

3 This Lamp, through all the tedious night 

Of life, shall guide our way, 
Till we behold the clearer light 
Of an eternal day. 

yohn Fawcett. 1782. 

43 a m. 

1 A GLORY gilds the sacred page, 
i\ Majestic like the sun ; 

It gives a light to every age, 
It gives, but borrows none. 

2 The Hand that gave it still supplies 

His gracious light and heat. 
His truths upon the nations rise ; 
They rise, but never set. 

3 Let everlasting thanks be Thine, 

For such a bright display 
As makes a world o.f darkness shine 
With beams of heavenly day. 

4 My soul rejoices to pursue 

The steps of Him I love, 
Till glory breaks upon my view 
In brighter worlds above. 

William Coivper. fftg. 
44 Exhalt uns, Herr, bei Deinem Wort. X. JW . 

I T ORD, keep us steadfast in Thy Word: 
Yj Curb those who fain by craft or sword 
Would wrest the kingdom from Thy Son, 
And set at naught all He hath done. 



CONFIRMATION. 1 35 

2 Lord Jesus Christ, Thy power make known ; * 
For Thou art Lord of lords alone : 

Defend Thy Christendom, that we 
May evermore sing praise to Thee. 

3 O Comforter, of priceless worth, 
Send peace and unity on earth, 
Support us in our final strife, 
And lead us out of death to life. 

Martin Luther. 1541. 
Miss Winkivorth. 1862. 



CONFIRMATION. 

1 "DLESSED Saviour, who hast taught me 
L) I should live to Thee alone ; 
All these years Thy hand hath brought me, 

Since I first was made Thine own. 
At the Font my vows were spoken 

By my parents in the Lord; 
That my vows shall be unbroken, 
At the Altar I record. 

2 I would trust in Thy protecting, 

Wholly rest upon Thine arm ; 
Follow wholly Thy directing, 

O my only Guard from harm ! 
Meet me now with Thy salvation, 

In Thy Church's ordered way ; 
Let me feel Thy Confirmation 

In Thy truth and fear to-day : 

3 So that might and firmness gaining, 

Hope in danger, joy in grief, 
Now and evermore remaining 

In the Catholic belief, 
Resting in my Saviour's merit, 

Strengthened with the Spirit's strength, 
With Thy Church I may inherit 

All my Father's joy at length. 

Jokn Mason Neale. 1844- 



I36 PRAYER. 

46 7s. 

1 T^HINE for ever ! God of love, 

1 Hear us from Thy throne above ; 
Thine for ever may we be, 
Here and in eternity. 

2 Thine for ever ! Lord of Life, 
Shield us through our earthly strife ; 
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way, 
Guide us to the realms of day. 

3 Thine for ever ! O how blest 
They who find in Thee their rest ; 
Saviour, Guardian, heavenly Friend, 
O defend us to the end. 

4 Thine for ever ! Thou our Guide, 
All our wants by Thee supplied, 
All our sins by Thee forgiven, 
Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven. 

Mary Fowler Maude. 1848. 

PRAYER. 

47 7a. 

i /^OME, my soul, thy suit prepare, 
V^ Jesus loves to answer prayer : 
He Himself has bid thee pray, 
Therefore will not say thee nay. 

2 Thou art coming to a King ; 
Large petitions with thee bring ; 
For His grace and power are such, 
None can ever ask too much. 

3 With my burden I begin ; 
Lord, remove this load of sin ! 
Let Thy Blood, for sinners spilt, 
Set my conscience free from guilt. 

4 Lord, I come to Thee for rest ! 
Take possession of my breast ; 

There Thy blood-bought right maintain, 
And without a rival reign. 



FAITH AND LIFE. I37 

5 While I am a pilgrim here, 
Let Thy love my spirit cheer ; 

As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend, 
Lead me to my journey's end. 

6 Show me what I have to do, 
Every hour my strength renew ; 
Let me live a life of faith, 

Let me die Thy people's death. 

yohn Newton. iftQ. 
FAITH AND LIFE. 

4.8 & M. 

i TTOLY and reverend is the Name 
11. Of our eternal King. 
Thrice holy, Lord ! the angels cry_: 
Thrice holy, let us sing. 

2 Holy is He in all His works, 

And saints are His delight ; 
But sinners and their wicked ways 
Shall perish from His sight. 

3 The deepest reverence of the mind 

Pay, O my soul, to God ; 
Lift with thy hands a holy heart 
To His sublime abode. 

4 Thou, righteous God ! preserve my soul 

From all pollution free : 
The pure in heart are Thy delight, 
And they Thy face shall see. 

John Needham. 1768. 

49 a m. 

1 QHINE on our souls, eternal God ! 
vj With rays of beauty shine ; 

O let Thy favor crown our days, 
And all their round be Thine. 

2 Did we not raise our hands to Thee, 

Our hands might toil in vain : 
Small joy success itself could give, 
If Thou Thy Love restrain. 



I38 FAITH AND JUSTIFICATION. 

3 With Thee let every week begin, 

With Thee each day be spent, 
For Thee each fleeting hour improved, 
Since each by Thee is lent. 

4 Thus cheer us through this toilsome road, 

Till all our labors cease ; 
And heaven refresh our weary souls 
With everlasting peace. 

Philip Doddridge. 1755. 

50 X. M. 

1 TUST as I am, without one plea, 

i But that Thy Blood was shed for me, 
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee, 
O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 

2 Just as I am, and waiting not 
To rid my soul of one dark blot, 

To Thee, whose Blood can cleanse each spot, 
O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 

3 Just as I am, though tossed about 
With many a conflict, many a doubt, 
Fighting and fears within, without, 

O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 

4 Just as I am ; Thou wilt receive, 

Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, 
Because Thy promise I believe ; 
O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 

5 Just as I am ; Thy Love unknown 
Has broken every barrier down ; 
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, 

Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 

Charlotte Elliott. 1836. 

51 7*. 

1 pHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
\j As ye journey sweetly sing ; 

^Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 
^Glorious in His works and ways. 



FOLLOWING CHRIST. 1 39 

2 We are travelling home to God, 
In the way the fathers trod ; 
They are happy now, and we 
Soon their happiness shall see. 

3 O ye banished seed, be glad ! 
Christ our advocate is made ; 
Us to save, our flesh assumes ; 
Brother to our souls becomes. 

4 Sing, ye little flock and blest : 
You on Jesus' throne shall rest : 
There your seat is now prepared, 
There your kingdom and reward. 

5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
On the borders of your land ; 
Jesus Christ, your Father's Son, 
Bids you undismayed go on. 

6 Lord, obediently we go, 
Gladly leaving all below ; 
Only Thou our Leader be, 
And we still will follow Thee. 

John Cennick. 1742. 

52 *> 7. 

1 TESUS, I my cross have taken, 

I All to leave and follow Thee ; 

Destitute, despised, forsaken, 

Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. 
Perish every fond ambition, 

All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
Yet how rich is my condition ! 

God and heaven are still my own. 

2 Man may trouble and distress me, 

'Twill but drive me to Thy breast ; 
Life with trials hard may press me, 

Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 
O, 'tis not in grief to harm me, 

While Thy love is left to me ; 
O, 'twere not in joy to charm me, 

Were that joy unmixed with Thee. 



140 FOLLOWING CHRIST. 

3 Take, my soul, thy full salvation ; 

Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; 
Joy to find in every station 

Something still to do or bear. 
Think what Spirit dwells within thee ; 

What a Father's smile is thine ; 
What a Saviour died to win thee : 

Child of heaven, shouldst thou repine ? 

4 Haste thee on from grace to glory, 

Armed by faith and winged by prayer; 
Heaven's eternal day's before thee, 

God's own hand shall guide thee there- 
Soon shall close thy earthly mission, 

Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days ; 
Hope shall change to glad fruition, 

Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. 

Henry Francis Lyte. l82J. 



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53 o,*. 

THOU best gift of Heaven ! 
Thou who Thyself hast given, — 
For Thou hast died ! 
This hast Thou done for me ; 
What have I done for Thee, 
Thou Crucified? 

I long to serve Thee more : 
Reveal an open door, 

Saviour, to me ; 
Then, counting all but loss, 
I'll glory in Thy Cross, 

And follow Thee. 

Do Thou but point the way, 
And give me strength to obey ; 

Thy will be mine : 
Then can I think it joy 
To suffer or to die, 

Since I am Thine. 

Ntcholh. r83T. 



HEAVEN. 141 

THE LAST THINGS. 
54: lis. 

1 T WOULD not live alway ; I ask not to stay 

1 Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way : 

The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, 

Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 

2 I would not live alway, thus fettered by sin, 
Temptation without, and corruption within : 
E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, 
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 

3 I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb ! 
Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom : 
There sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise 

To hail Him in triumph descending the skies. 

4 Who, who would live alway, away from his God ? 
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
Where therivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains, 
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns : 

5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet ; 
While songs of salvation unceasingly roll, 

And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the Soul ! 

William Augustus Muhlenberg. 1824. 

55 a *r- 

1 JERUSALEM, my happy home, 

I Name ever dear to me ! 
When shall my labors have an end 
In joy, and peace, and thee ? 

2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls 

And pearly gates behold ? 
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, 
And streets of shining gold ? 

3 O when, thou city of my God, 

Shall I thy courts ascend, 
Where evermore the angels sing, 
Where Sabbaths have no end ? 



142 HEAVEN. 

4 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, 

Nor sin nor sorrow know : 
Blest seats ! through rude and stormy scenes 
I onward press to you. 

5 Why should I shrink from pain and woe, 

Or feel at death dismay ? 
I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 
And realms of endless day. 

6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there, 

Around my Saviour stand : 
And soon my friends in Christ below 
Will join the glorious band. 

7 Jerusalem, my happy home ! 

My soul still pants for thee ; 
Then shall my labors have an end, 
When I thy joys shall see. 

From Francis Baker. 1628. 

56 7, 6. 

1 JERUSALEM the golden, 

) With milk and honey blest, 
Beneath thy contemplation 

Sink heart and voice opprest: 
I know not, O I know not, 

What social joys are there ! 
What radiancy of glory, 

What light beyond compare ! 

2 And when I fain would sing them, 

My spirit fails and faints, 
And vainly would it image 

The assembly of the saints. 
They stand, those halls of Zion, 

Conjubilant with song, 
And bright with many an angel, 

And all the martyr throng : 

3 There is the Throne of David ; 

And there, from care released, 
The song of them that triumph, 
The shout of them that feast ; 



DOXOLOGIES. 143 

And they who, with their Leader 

Have conquered in the fight, 
For ever and for ever 

Are clad in robes of white ! 

Bernard de Morlaix. //JOl 
John Mason Neale. 1S51. 



DOXOLOGIES. 



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Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
The God whGm we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall be evermore. 
2 S.M. 

y O God the Father, Son, 
And Spirit, One in Three, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall for ever be. 

v O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom earth and heaven adore, 
Be glory, as it was of old, 

Is now, and shall be evermore. 

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
Praise Him, all creatures here below ; 
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ; 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

7b. 
OLY Father, Holy Son, 
Holy Spirit, Three in One, 
Glory, as of old, to Thee, 
Now, and evermore shall be. 

g* ft T 

GREAT Jehovah ! we adore Thee, 
God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Spirit, joined in glory 
On the same eternal throne : 
Endless praises 
To Jehovah, Three in One. 

Father, Son, and Spirit,^ 
Eternal One and Three, 
As was, and is for ever, 
All praise and glory be. 

THE END. 



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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 



PAGE. 

Abide with us, our Saviour m 

A glory gilds the sacred page 134 

A hymn of glory let us sing , 127 

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed 125 

All glory, praise, and honor 122 

A'l hail the power of Jesus' name ., 108 

AU praise to Thee, my God, this night 112 

A mighty fortress is our God 132 

Awake, my soul and with the sun in 

Before Jehovah's awful throne 106 

Blessed Saviour, who hast taught me 135 

Children of the heavenly king ' 138 

Christ the Loid is risen to-day 12V 

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 129 

Come, my soul, thy suit prepare 136 

Come, O come, Thou quickening Spirit 128 

Come, sound His praise abroad 107 

Come, Thou almighty King 130 

From Greenland's icy mountains 118 

Glorious things of thee are spoken 133 

Hail, Thou once despised Jesus 124 

Hail to the Lord's Anointed 114 

Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes 115 

Hark ! what mean those holy voices 116 

Hoiyand reverend is the Name 137 

Holy Ghost, with light divine 130 

Howprecious is the Book divine 134 

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 117 

I lay my sins on Jesus 122 

In the Cross of Christ I glory ..<, 120 

I would not live alway: I ask not to stay * 141 

Jerusalem, my happy home 141 

Jerusalem the golden 142 

Jesus I my cross have taken 139 

'esus, Lover of my soul 121 

oy to the world; the Lord is come 116 

Just as I am, without one plea 138 

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing no 

Lord. keep us steadfast in Thy Word 134 

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee 106 

My faith looks up to Thee 125 

O bless the Lord, my soul 108 

O how shall I receive Thee 113 

On what has now beensown no 

O Thou best Gift of heaven 140 

O Thou who through thisholy week 123 

Reck of Ages, cleft for me 120 

Safely through another week 109 

Shine on our souls, eternal God 137 

Sun of my s^ul, Thou Saviour dear u ' 

The day of Resurrection 1-6 

The Head that once was crowned with thorns i"8 

There is a fountain filled with blood 119 

Thine for ever ! God of love 136 

Thou, whose almighty word 118 

Zion stands with hills surrounded 131 



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